2 Ne 10:1-5
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Questions
- v. 2: What does Jacob mean when he says the promises that have been made are promises according to the flesh?
- v. 3: How does the crucifixtion "behooveth our God"?
- vv. 3ff.: The word “Christ” is a title, not a name. Why does Jacob speak of it as a name? Why does Jacob repeat once again the prophecy of Christ’s coming and death? Why does he feel the need to tell the Nephites of this over and over when they aren’t going to have part in it? Is there anything here that they can apply to themselves? How?
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Exegesis
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Verse 3
"Christ" is the Greek equivalent of "Messiah"--a term that Nephi and Jacob use earlier in the text. The implications are that (1) the angel spoke the Greek term, (2) Jacob was unfamiliar with the term, but recognized that it referred to the Messiah, (3) Jacob incorrectly inferred that the new term must be the Messiah's name, or (4) Joseph Smith translated the term Christ because this was commonly used in the religious language of his time and in the KJV Bible.
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