Feast upon the Word

Feast upon the Word

Feast upon the Word provides commentary on Mormon scripture, or in other words, on the Standard Works for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Standard Works for the Church include: The Old Testament, The New Testament, The Book of Mormon, The Doctrine & Covenants and The Pearl of Great Price. This commentary is provided free to all. In turn, we ask that you freely contribute to this site following our policies.

Feast upon the Word is a collection of thousands of pages. Each page is devoted to analysis of a small passage of the Standard Works. The content on each page is divided into four categories:

• Thought questions : Questions that aim to help you ponder and contemplate
• Exegesis : Explanation and analysis
• Lexical notes : Notes about the meaning or origin of words
• External links : Links to information outside this site

See how this works in practice at 1 Ne 11:1-5.

In addition, each commentary page is linked to a separate page for discussion. These discussion pages are a great place to communicate with other editors about the commentary or to request commentary on a specific subject related to the verses.

This is a brand new site and your help is needed to create the content. Though there are lots of ways to help, the most important is to create and improve the content of this site. We are just getting started so it is an exciting time to contribute your ideas. If you are not sure how to do this--keep reading.

Getting started

Anyone can add or edit content on this site. Here are some simple steps to get started.

1. Take a quick read of site policies
2. Find a section of scripture you are interested in (see below)
3. Add and revise content by clicking the edit link
4. Click "Show preview" to verify what you are about to post
5. Don't forget to "Save page" when you are done

Finally, if you haven't done so already, please create an account. Though we allow anonymous edits, by creating an account you help create a sense of community here. Further, when you log in, certain personalized features of this site will be available to you that are not available to anonymous users.

Finding scriptures

Drilling down to scriptures

You can find the scripture you are looking for by drilling down through these links.

• The Old Testament
• The New Testament
• The Book of Mormon
• The Doctrine & Covenants
• The Pearl of Great Price.

Searching for scriptures

Alternatively you can type in the reference to any verse in the Standard Works and go directly to its commentary page. To do this, you'll need to use the standard abbreviations used in the footnotes of the scriptures published by the Church. For example, type:

• 1 Ne 16:28, but not 1 Nephi 16:28
• Mosiah 5:2, but not Mos 5:2
• Philip 2:5, but not Phil 2:5

For a complete list of standard LDS abbreviations, click here.

Help

If you need help, please see our help page.