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Anachronism 11 3 Ne 16:1-3 Jesus mentions sheep twice here, and it follows his reference to domesticated sheep of a fold in the previous chapter. Since there were no domesticated sheep in the Americas at this time, the context of this term would have been meaningless to these people. (See also my If I Could Ask … Lesson 22 about sheep in the Americas) | |
2 1 3 Ne 16:1-3
Jesus mentions sheep twice here, and it follows his reference to domesticated sheep of a fold in the previous chapter. Since there were no domesticated sheep in the Americas at this time, the context of this term would have been meaningless to these people.
(See also my [If I Could Ask … Lesson 22](https://a-bom.github.io/comefollowme22.html) about sheep in the Americas) | |
3 1 3 Ne 16:1-3
Jesus mentions sheep twice here, and it follows his reference to domesticated sheep of a fold in the previous chapter. Since there were no domesticated sheep in the Americas at this time, the context of this term would have been meaningless to these people.
(See also my [If I Could Ask … Lesson 22](https://a-bom.github.io/comefollowme22.html) about sheep in the Americas) | |
4 And I command you that ye shall write these sayings after I am gone, that if it so be that my people at Jerusalem, they who have seen me and been with me in my ministry, do not ask the Father in my name, that they may receive a knowledge of you by the Holy Ghost, and also of the other tribes whom they know not of, that these sayings which ye shall write shall be kept and shall be manifested unto the Gentiles, that through the fulness of the Gentiles, the remnant of their seed, who shall be scattered forth upon the face of the earth because of their unbelief, may be brought in, or may be brought to a knowledge of me, their Redeemer. | 4 1 Jesus commands them to write about these sayings so that they can be made available to the other sheep (presumably through the Book of Mormon). Yet the Church’s essay on the “translation” of the Book of Mormon currently admits that the “translation” was done without reference to the plates or any other writing. What was the point of writing this down then? (Book of Mormon Translation) |
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8 But wo, saith the Father, unto the unbelieving of the Gentiles--for notwithstanding they have come forth upon the face of this land, and have scattered my people who are of the house of Israel; and my people who are of the house of Israel have been cast out from among them, and have been trodden under feet by them; | 8 |
9 And because of the mercies of the Father unto the Gentiles, and also the judgments of the Father upon my people who are of the house of Israel, verily, verily, I say unto you, that after all this, and I have caused my people who are of the house of Israel to be smitten, and to be afflicted, and to be slain, and to be cast out from among them, and to become hated by them, and to become a hiss and a byword among them-- | 9 |
10 And thus commandeth the Father that I should say unto you: At that day when the Gentiles shall sin against my gospel, and shall reject the fulness of my gospel, and shall be lifted up in the pride of their hearts above all nations, and above all the people of the whole earth, and shall be filled with all manner of lyings, and of deceits, and of mischiefs, and all manner of hypocrisy, and murders, and priestcrafts, and whoredoms, and of secret abominations; and if they shall do all those things, and shall reject the fulness of my gospel, behold, saith the Father, I will bring the fulness of my gospel from among them. | 10 |
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15 But if they will not turn unto me, and hearken unto my voice, I will suffer them, yea, I will suffer my people, O house of Israel, that they shall go through among them, and shall tread them down, and they shall be as salt that hath lost its savor, which is thenceforth good for nothing but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of my people, O house of Israel. | 15 |
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17 1 This verse contains a strong parallel to a KJV New Testament verse. Compare this verse with "And then the words of the prophet Isaiah shall be fulfilled, which say" to John 12:38 with "That the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake". Note that a KJV search of Esaias+Isaiah+fulfilled shows only 6 verses that contain both the name Isaiah (whether the Hebrew or Greek form of Isaiah) and "fulfilled", with the verse in John chapter 12 being the most similar. | |
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