Talk:3 Ne 1:6-10

From Feast upon the Word (http://feastupontheword.org). Copyright, Feast upon the Word.

Kempj posted the following:

There seems to be a familiar ring in these couple of verses in which the wicked people are looking for any reason possible in order to slay the righteous. It reminds me of the wicked sadducees and pharisees of the new testament who sought to kill Christ for whatever reason possible. Here in third Nephi, because they didn't see the sign of the birth of Christ, they were ready to kill the believers. What blindness these people were in! It may also be interesting to note that at many points in the life of Christ, death was right on his heels and yet it was he who conquered death, loosing the bands on physical death and freeing those who would follow him from spiritual death.

I tried to capture the essence of this comment by adding specific cross-references to examples of believers whose lives were threatened because of their beliefs (though I didn't put references to Christ's life being sought--someone should add these at some point...). I'll look for a place to put the comment about Christ conquering death that's consistent with the site policies. --RobertC 09:36, 18 Oct 2005 (UTC)