Aaronic Priesthood, restored by John the Baptist, 768;
its powers, 768.
Ablutions, ceremonial, 366.
Abraham, Children of, 409.
Abraham, Christ's seniority over, 410, 411.
Aceldama, the field of blood, 643.
Adam, the first man, 18;
his transgression, 19;
revelation to, 44.
Adulteress brought to Christ, 405.
Adulterous generation of sign-seekers, 270, 279, 359.
Agency, free, of unembodied spirits, 8, 17;
of man, 17, 29.
American Indians, progenitors of, 49, 56, 742, 757.
Ananias, ministers to Saul, 714.
Andrew, follows Christ, 140;
one of the Twelve, 221.
Annas, high priest, 621, 643.
Announcement of Christ by the Father, 39, 126, 371, 725, 761;
of Christ's birth to shepherds, 93.
See Annunciation.
Annunciation by Gabriel, to Zacharias, 76;
to Mary the Virgin, 79;
by angel to shepherds, 93.
Antemortal Godship of Jesus Christ, 32.
Antemortal state, graded intelligences in, 14.
Antipas, Herod, 110, 118, 446, 635.
Antonia, tower or fortress of, 441.
Apostasy, the great, 745;
among Nephites, 741.
Apostles, the Twelve, chosen and ordained, 217;
individually considered, 218;
general characteristics of, 226;
compared with disciples, 227;
charged and sent forth, 327, 328;
their return, 331;
futile attempt of to heal, 379;
as stewards, 441, 576;
Christ's final commission to, 695, 696;
imprisoned, 707;
delivered by an angel, 707;
scourged for their testimony, 709.
Apostleship, 227, 228;
restored in present dispensation, 769.
Apostolic ministry, the, 700;
close of, 716.
Appearances of the risen Lord to mortals before the ascension, 699.
Archelaus, 110, 118.
Arrest of Jesus, attempted but unaccomplished, 403;
effected through betrayal, 614.
Ascension, Christ's, 697.
Ass, Christ rides upon, 514;
as predicted, 517.
Athanasius, creed of, 756.
Atonement, the, a vicarious sacrifice, 21.
Authority, in Holy Priesthood, 362;
of Elias and Elijah, 375;
of Twelve, attested, 392;
of Christ, challenged, 530;
Christ as one having, 249;
Christ's ascribed to Beelzebub, 265.
Baptism, by John the Baptist, 122, 163, 531;
of Christ by John, 125;
enjoined upon Nephites by Christ, 725;
mode of, 726;
of Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery, 768;
as required in the Church today, 769.
Baptist, see John the Baptist.
Barabbas, 637.
Barnabas, sponsor for Saul or Paul, 714.
Bartholomew, see Nathanael.
Bartimeus, healed of blindness, 505.
Beatitudes, the, 230.
Beelzebub, Christ's authority ascribed to, 265.
Benedictus, the, 78.
Bethany, Jesus at, 432, 448;
the family home at, 522.
Bethesda, Pool of, 206.
Bethlehem, birthplace of Christ, 92;
slaughter of children in, 100.
Bethphage, 512, 526.
Bethsaida, 258, 332, 346;
Julias, 360.
Betrayal of Christ; foretold, 594;
effected by Judas Iscariot, 614.
Betrothal, Jewish, 88.
Blasphemy, 201;
Christ charged with, 193, 489;
Christ falsely convicted of, 629.
Blessing of children, 485;
among Nephites, 730.
Blindness, bodily and spiritual, 412, 416.
Bloody sweat, Christ's, 612;
reality of affirmed, 613, 620.
Book of Mormon, original of, 742, 767.
Bountiful, Land of, 724.
Bread of Life, Jesus Christ the, 340.
Bridegroom, friend of the, 171.
Brother of Jared, 12.
Burial of Jesus, 664.
Cæsar, paying tribute to, 545;
Jews would have no king but, 641, 648.
Cæsarea Philippi, coasts of, 368;
Palestina, 631.
Caiaphas, high priest;
his inspired utterance, 498;
his tenure of office, 501;
Christ before, 621;
the apostles before, 706.
Called and chosen, 540.
Calvary, 654, 667.
Camel and needle's eye, 478, 485.
Capernaum, 181, 186;
our Lord's last sermon in synagog at, 339.
Capitation tax, 383.
Celestial marriage, 564.
Cephas, see Peter.
Ceremonial ablutions, 366.
Child, as a little, 386;
humility illustrated by a, 387.
Childlike and childish, distinction between, 387.
Children, precious in sight of God, 387;
blessed by Christ, 475, 485;
of Nephites blessed by risen Lord, 729.
Chorazin, woe decreed to, 258.
Chosen or only called, 540.
Christ, see Jesus Christ.
Christ and Messiah, significance of the titles, 36.
Christians, early persecutions of, 746.
Church discipline of individuals, 391.
Church of England, origin of, 751;
affirms great apostasy, 753.
Church of Jesus Christ;
foundation of, 361;
rapid growth of Primitive, 705, 707, 712;
name of, 736;
among Nephites, 737;
of Latter-day Saints, establishment of, 769.
Churches of man's making, 752.
Circumcision, 88.
Clay, applied to blind man's eyes, 413.
Clearing of the temple, the first, 153;
the second, 527.
Cleopas, 685.
Coasts, as descriptive term, 368.
Coin, image and superscription on, 546, 563;
in mouth of a fish, 385.
Columbus, Christopher, his mission, 754, 757.
Comforter promised, 603, 606;
given, 702.
Commandment, the great, 549.
Common ownership, 705, 718.
Common people, attentive to hear Christ, 529.
Confession, the great, 361.
Congenital blindness healed, 413.
Consent, common, observed in Primitive Church, 702, 718;
in the Church today, 778.
Consistency of Church's claims, 779.
Conspiracy of Pharisees and Herodians, 544.
Constantine the Great, gives state recognition to Christianity, 746.
Constitution of the United States, a necessary preliminary to the restoration of the gospel, 755.
Consummation, the celestial, 792.
Contention forbidden, 726.
Corban, 352, 366.
Corner stone, Jesus the chief, 535, 706.
Cost, counting the, 452.
Council, the Jewish, see Sanhedrin.
Council in Heaven, primeval, 9, 15.
Court of the Women, in temple, 407, 422.
Cowdery, Oliver, ordained with Joseph Smith, 767;
witness of heavenly manifestations, 774.
Creator, Jesus Christ the, 33.
Creed of Athanasius, 756.
Cross, figurative, 365;
of Christ, borne by Simon, 653.
Crucifixion, 655, 667;
of Jesus Christ, 654;
hour of, 668.
Cumorah, scene of last Nephite battle, 742;
Book of Mormon plates taken from, 767.
Cups and platters, ceremonial cleansing of, 437.
Dark ages, the, 749.
Daughters of Jerusalem, Christ's lamentation over, 653, 666.
David, Son of, see Son of David.
Dead, gospel preached to, 24;
ministered unto by Jesus Christ, 672, 673;
missionary labor amongst, 674;
vicarious labor for in Church today, 777.
Death, inaugurated by Satan, 20;
overcome by the atonement of Christ, 20;
and resurrection of Christ predicted, 381, 382,
accomplished, 662, 678.
Decapolis, 367;
Jesus in coasts of, 356.
Dedication, feast of, 487, 499;
Jesus at, 487.
Defilement, things that cause, 352.
Degeneracy, bodily, incident to the fall of man, 19, 29.
Demoniacal possession, 183.
Demons, acclaim the Christ, 181, 310, 312.
Devil, Jesus charged as possessed of a, 401, 411.
Didrachm, 383.
Disciples and apostles, 227.
Disciples, instructed, 438, 461;
requirements of, 452.
Discipline of individuals in Church, 391.
Disembodied spirits, Christ among, 670.
Dispensation of fulness of times, 777;
ushered in, 763.
Dives and Lazarus, 483.
Divorce and marriage, 473;
views concerning, 484.
Doctrine, test of the Lord's, 400, 421;
Christ's, as declared to Nephites, 726.
Dogs that eat of the crumbs, 367.
Door to the sheepfold, Christ the, 417.
Dove, sign of, 126, 150.
Dust, shaking from feet as a testimony, 345.
Earth, regeneration of, 322, 793.
Eating, spiritual symbolism of, 343, 347;
with unwashen hands, 351.
Ecce Homo, 639.
Egypt, flight into, 100;
return from, 110.
Elders and high priests, 644.
Elias, John Baptist and, 374;
and Elijah, 375;
spirit and power of, 376;
appearing of in Kirtland Temple, 775.
Elijah, and Moses at transfiguration, 371;
and Elias, 375;
appearance of in Kirtland Temple, 775.
Elisabeth, mother of John the Baptist, 75, 78;
visited by Mary the Virgin, 82.
Elohim, 38.
Emmaus, Christ and two disciples journey to, 685.
Enoch, 44, 143, 793;
promise to, relating to Christ's second coming, 790.
Enrolment at Bethlehem, 91.
Ephraim, Jesus in retirement at, 498.
Essenes, 67.
Estate of man, first and second, 7.
Eternal Father, The, a resurrected, exalted Being, 143, 151.
Eve, beguiled by Satan, 19.
Evenings, earlier and later, 346.
Faith, active, as compared with passive belief, 319;
a gift from God, 347;
quality of, 381;
nothing impossible to, 395;
in behalf of others, 395;
as to quantity and quality, 469;
of Nephites, strong, 733.
Fall of man 19;
a process of bodily degeneracy, 19;
redemption from wrought by Jesus Christ, 20, 31.
Fasting and prayer, power gained by, 381.
Father, the Eternal, proclaims the Son, Jesus Christ, 126, 371;
to Nephites, 725;
to Joseph Smith, 761.
Feast, of Dedication, 487, 499;
of Tabernacles, 400, 419;
of the Passover, 112, 167;
the traditional Messianic, 538.
Few or many to be saved, 445.
Fig tree, 541;
cursed, 524;
symbol of Judaism, 527;
and other trees, lesson from, 754;
as a type in modern revelation, 784.
First may be last, 478.
Fishers of men, 197, 202.
Foreknowledge of God, not a determining cause, 18, 28.
Foreordination of Jesus Christ, 6.
Forgiveness, duty respecting, 391;
unlimited requirement of, 393;
mutual, 525.
Fox, Herod Antipas referred to as, 446, 636.
Free agency, of unembodied spirits, 8, 17;
of man, 17, 29.
Gabriel's annunciation, of John and of Jesus, 75;
to Mary the Virgin, 79.
Gadarenes and Gergesenes, land of, 323.
Galilean ministry, beginning of, 144;
close of, 398.
Galileans, 68;
slain in temple courts, 441.
Galilee, sea of, 165;
the risen Lord appears at sea of, 691;
appears on mountain in, 694.
Gamaliel, his advice to the council, 709;
tutor to Saul of Tarsus, 712.
Genealogies of Christ, 85, 89.
Gennesaret, sea or lake of, 165.
Gentiles, 345;
to become great on western continent, 733.
Gergesenes and Gadarenes, land of, 323.
Gethsemane, 620;
Christ's agony in, 610;
His arrest in, 614.
Goats and sheep, figurative, 584.
God's foreknowledge not a determining cause of action, 18, 28.
Godhead, three Personages in, 32.
Godship of Jesus Christ, antemortal, 32.
Golgotha, 654, 667.
Gospels, the four, 166;
the synoptic, 166.
Graded conditions in the hereafter, 601.
Graded intelligences in antemortal state, 14.
Great commandment, the, 549.
Greeks, as Gentiles, 345;
certain ones visit Jesus, 518.
Happiness and pleasure, 231, 247.
Heathen to be redeemed;
their part in first resurrection, 793.
Hem of garment, 346.
Henry VIII, head of Church of England, 751.
Herder, the hireling, 417.
Herod, the Great, 97, 106;
temple of, 73;
Antipas, 110, 118;
referred to as "fox," 446;
Christ before, 635.
Herodians, 68;
in conspiracy with Pharisees, 544.
Herodias, 259.
High Priestly Prayer, Christ's, 609.
High priests and elders, 644.
Holy Ghost, sin against, 269, 278;
promised to apostles, 603;
investiture of apostles by, at Pentecost, 702.
Homily against Idolatry, affirming the apostasy, 753.
Hosanna shout, 516, 523.
Hyrum Smith, martyred, 776.
I AM, 36;
Jesus Christ, the, 411.
Image on the coin, 546, 563.
Indians, American, progenitors of, 49, 56, 742, 757.
Inquisition, court of the, 750.
Isaiah, Messianic predictions by, 46, 47.
Iscariot, see Judas Iscariot.
Israel and Judah, kingdoms of, 59.
Jacob's prophecy concerning Shiloh, 54.
Jahveh, see Jehovah.
James and John, sons of Zebedee, called, 198;
members of the Twelve, 219;
minister with Peter in modern days, 219, 768;
their aspiring desire, 503;
mother of, 521.
James, son of Alpheus, one of the Twelve, 224.
Jared, brother of; his interview with the unembodied Christ, 12.
Jaredites, 16.
Jehovah, significance of the name,