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The Book of Mormon > Third Nephi > Chapter 17

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In verse 4 Jesus tells the Nephites that he is going to leave and visit the lost tribes of Israel. Are there any accounts of these visits?

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• Dallin H. Oaks, "He Heals the Heavy Laden," Ensign, Nov 2006, pp. 6–9.

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• Margaret S. Lifferth, "Behold Your Little Ones," Ensign, Nov 2006, pp. 74–76. Sister Lifferth offers the following perspective: "Remember that before the Savior's appearance, there were tempests, earthquakes, fires, and three days of profound darkness (see 3 Nephi 8). I have often thought about the children who experienced these events. And I can only imagine the fear and concern in the hearts of the parents... How eager those parents must have been to bring their children to the Savior... This account reminds us that it is the Savior who is the great protector, the ultimate teacher, and the eternal source of love and healing."
• M. Russell Ballard, "Great Shall Be the Peace of Thy Children," Ensign, Apr 1994, 59. Elder Ballard reminds us, "we are the ones God has appointed to encircle today's children with love and the fire of faith and an understanding of who they are."

The Book of Mormon > Third Nephi > Chapter 18

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Verse 5

• How do we reconcile Jesus' statement here that one shall be given the power to administer the sacrament with the revealed practice of any worthy priest (see D&C 20:46) or worthy Melchizedek priesthood holder having this power?

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The Book of Mormon > Third Nephi > Chapter 18

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Verse 13

• What does it mean to do more or less than these things?

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The Book of Mormon > Third Nephi > Chapter 18

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Verse 31

• What does it mean to not number someone among Jesus's people? Is the word number here used in the same sense in which Jesus's sheep are numbered? In what sense are Jesus's sheep numbered?

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Verse 31 tells us that Jesus touches with his hands the disciples whom he had chosen one by one. As verse 32 explains, by so doing Jesus gave them power to give the Holy Ghost to others.

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The Book of Mormon > Third Nephi > Chapter 19

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In verse 4 we are given a list of Jesus' disciples among the Nephites. In what ways were these men diffenet from the Jesus' other disciples?

Did Jesus' chose disciples with the other lost tribes and if he did what will their responsiblites be and the second coming?

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The Book of Mormon > Third Nephi > Chapter 19

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Verse 19

• Christ says that the law has been fulfilled. What exactly does that mean?

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Verse 20: Chosen them out of the world

Jesus refers to the people here as those he has chosen and he thanks the Father that He gave the Holy Ghost to those he has chosen. "Chosen" could mean chosen in a broad sense--something like chosen to be Christ's people. Or it could be specific. These are the people chosen by Jesus to receive the Holy Ghost at this time. Maybe it doesn't matter as maybe these are two ways of describing what amounts to the same thing.

The phrase "chosen them out of the world" could mean something like "of the people in the world, I have chosen these." Or it could mean that he chose these people to be "out of the world." See also verse 29 and John 15:19.

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Verse 20

• Brant Gardner argues that in this verse Christ is referring only to the twelve disciples he has chosen.

The Book of Mormon > Third Nephi > Chapter 19

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Verse 22

• Jesus says that the people pray unto him because he is with them. Why does Jesus's presence give them reason to pray to him?

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Verse 22: Praying to Jesus

• The June 1988 Ensign has a response to this question by Beth Spackman. She essentially says that although it seems to have been proper for the Nephites to pray to Jesus, we have been instructed to only pray to the Father.

• Ben Spackman makes the point that pray in this verse may have more of the connotation to praise since there are many different Hebrew words for our one word pray in English. Ben also makes the point that in Old Testament times people prayed to Jehovah, so making the switch to praying to the Father may've been something the disciples hadn't been taught yet.

The Book of Mormon > Third Nephi > Chapter 19

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Verse 30

• White: This, most likely, refers to righteousness, not skin color. (See Tvedtnes article below.)

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Verse 30

• White: See The Charge of "Racism" in the Book of Mormon by John A. Tvedtnes.

The Book of Mormon > Third Nephi > Chapter 19

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• In verse 14 it says that the children spoke to their fathers greater things than Jesus had revealed? What does it mean to say that one revelation is greater than another? What is the scale on which such judgements are made? Take two truths that have been revealed to us, celestial marriage and the doctrine of repentance--what would it mean to say that one of them is greater?

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Comparing verse 14 to 3 Ne 19:34

In verse 14 we are told that the children spoke unto their fathers greater things than Jesus had revealed unto the people. Compare this to 3 Nephi 19:34 where we are told that the words Jesus prayed were "so great and marvelous ... that they cannot be written neither can they be uttered by man." How can the children reveal greater things than Jesus did, if what Jesus spoke is so great that it cannot be spoken by man?

This seems like a contradiction if we assume that man here include all people (as it often does in the scriptures) and that what the children revealed is being judged on the same scale as the words Jesus prayed. Essentially then there are two ways to explain away what could appear as a contradiction:

1. We could interpret the word man as not applying in the context of 19:34 to children. In this way think that the things Jesus spoke could not be spoken by man, but they could be spoken, and even greater things could be spoken, by children.
2. We can draw a distinction between "revealing" and "praying." This could be done in different ways depending on how we interpret each word. For example, we might interpret the great words Jesus prayed as carrying with them a spiritual presence that made it impossible for others to pray as Jesus did. Then we migh interpret the things the children spoke to their fathers as revealing greater truths than Jesus had revealed. Essentially then Jesus words are being judged as greater on one scale and the things the children revealed are greater on a different scale of revealed truths.

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