1 Ne 11:16-20
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Questions
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Verse 16
- What exactly is the condescension of God?
- Why does the angel ask Nephi about the condescension of God rather than about something else?
- It is relatively easy to see what condescension has to do with the part of the vision that is about to come, but does it have anything to do with what Nephi has already seen?
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Verse 17
- How is Nephi's answer, "I know that he loveth his children," an answer to the angel's question?
Why does Nephi add "I do not know the meaning of all things"? Since no human being does, that is a strange thing to say.
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Verse 18
- How is verse 18 related to the question of verse 16?
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Verse 19
- There is a kind of empty spot in the vision here: the virgin is carried away and then, after a while, reappears, and as far as we know Nephi sees nothing in the interim (verse 19). Why do you think the vision might have been given in that way? Why not proceed directly to the part of the vision that we see in verse 20?
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Verse 20
- Was the vision temporarily silent about the virgin because of the sacred nature of her conception?
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Lexical notes
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Verse 16
- As used here, the word "condescension" means "a voluntary stoop or descent from one's rightful position."
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Verse 18
- "After the manner of the flesh" most likely modifies "the mother of the Son of God," but it could also modify "Son of God."
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Exegesis
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