Hel 8:21-25

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Contents 1 Questions 1.1 Verse 21 1.2 Verse 22 1.3 Verse 23 1.4 Verse 24 1.5 Verse 25 2 Lexical notes 3 Exegesis 3.1 Verse 21 3.2 Verse 22 3.3 Verse 23 3.4 Verse 24 3.5 Verse 25 4 Related links

Questions

Verse 21

Verse 22

• Why does Nephi say that Lehi was "driven out of Jerusalem because he testified of these things"? Does this suggest the people were persecuting him because he spoke of Christ?
• Which of the fathers didn't testify of Christ? They didn't write in scripture, did they?

Verse 23

Verse 24

• Why is Nephi trying to catch them in a lie?

Verse 25

• Does in heaven "where nothing doth corrupt" mean that there the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics won't be in effect?

Lexical notes

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Exegesis

Verse 21

• It appears that Mulek and his followers left Jerusalem after it was destroyed, and thus became witnesses to the descendants of Lehi, who left before Jerusalem's destruction.

Verse 22

Verse 23

• This sounds like the Second Comforter.

Verse 24

Verse 25

• "laying up treasures in heaven" must not refer to the idea of good works earning exaltation, but of earning blessings while in the heavenly kingdoms of glory.

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