New Testament And The JST

Question 0

Why did the savior curse a fig tree?

Answer 0

169

Question 1

What is the significance of the hosanna shout given by the people on Palm Sunday? What did it represent?

Answer 1

P. 168

Question 2

What was the meaning of the parables of the Two Sons, and of the Wicked Husbandman?

Answer 2

171

Question 3

Why did Jesus say “Your house is left unto you desolate”?

Answer 3

175

Question 4

What two questions did the apostles ask Jesus on the Mt. of Olives?

Answer 4

179

Question 5

How do we know that the Second Coming hasn’t occurred?

Answer 5

181-183

Question 6

Who are the Eagles in the parable of the Eagles?

Answer 6

184

Question 7

What two signs must take place before the second coming?

Answer 7

186-187

Question 8

What three parables did the savior teach to help us get ready for the second coming? What is the symbolic meaning of each parable?

Answer 8

195-197

Question 9

Who plotted to kill the savior? Why did the woman anoint Christ’s feet with oil?

Answer 9

205

Question 10

The Savior changed the Passover into the Sacrament. What did he say we covenant to do when we partake of the sacrament?

Answer 10

206-207

Question 11

When will the Savior and the quorum of the twelve partake of the sacrament again in these latter days?

Answer 11

207 (D&C 27)

Question 12

What did Jesus do that showed great humility?

Answer 12

207

Question 13

Why was judas offended? What specific thing does the JST say caused him to forsake and betray Jesus?

Answer 13

208

Question 14

What did the Savior tell Peter to do?

Answer 14

209

Question 15

What will homes be like in the Celestial Kingdom? What did Joseph Smith say the word mansions should be?

Answer 15

210 (and p. 148)

Question 16

What did the savior command us to do? What blessing will we receive? In John 14:18,21,26,27

Answer 16

210

Question 17

What did the savior and the twelve do together that helped the savior prepare for the atonement? How could this help us in life?

Answer 17

212

Question 18

What challenges did the Apostles face in Gethsemane? Why would they be tempted to leave him alone?

Answer 18

216

Question 19

Who or what appeared to help strengthen the Savior?

Answer 19

216

Question 20

How much did Jesus Christ suffer in Gethsemane? Alma 34:9-10; 3 Ne 11:11 and Mosiah 3:7

Answer 20

217

Question 21

What happened when Jesus was arrested?

Answer 21

217-218

Question 22

How did Peter feel after he denied knowing the Savior? What did president kimball say about Peter’s denial?

Answer 22

219 Mark 14:73-82

Question 23

What happened to Judas?

Answer 23

219 Matt 27:6

Question 24

What change does the JST make to Chrissy’s response to Pilate?

Answer 24

Matt 27:2, 11-15

Question 25

When Pilate offered to release Jesus who motivated the crowd to scream “crucify him”?

Answer 25

221 mark 15:8-17

Question 26

What does the word “paradise” as used by Christ mean in the original Greek? And what implication does this mean for the thief and Christ after their deaths?

Answer 26

224 Matt 27:47-48. Paradise means world of Spirits. Christ was not absolving the sins of the thief but indicating that they were going to die and enter the post mortal spirit world.

Question 27

What significant phrase does the JST add to the Savior’s final words?

Answer 27

224 Matt 27:54. “Father, it is finished”

Question 28

Why was the veil of the temple ripped In half when Jesus died? How does splitting the veil of the temple witness that it is now possible for all of God’s children to return to His presence?

Answer 28

225 Matt 27:55

Question 29

Is the gospel being preached in the Spirit world?

Answer 29

161 1 Peter 4:6 yes, the gospel is being preached in the spirit world.

Question 30

What does Charity prevent in 1 Peter 4:8

Answer 30

229 1 Peter 4:8. Preventeth a multitude of sins

Question 31

How is the gospel being preached in the spirit world?

Answer 31

228-229. DC 138:28-30, 33,57. The gospel is preached by missionaries

Question 32

What happened when Peter and John ran to the tomb? What did they see that convinced them that he had resurrected and that the body had not been stolen?

Answer 32

230 John 20:3-10. Peter and John went to the tomb and saw the linen clothes there folded.

Question 33

Who was the first person to see a resurrected being? What does the JST say that Christ said to this person?

Answer 33

230. Mary stood at the sepulcher and was the first person to see Christ. He said to her “hold me not”. Don’t prevent me from going to my Father.

Question 34

Were any others resurrected at this time?

Answer 34

233 Matt 27:56-57 DC 133:54-55. Yes, many of the saints which slept arose, who were many.

Question 35

Who else got to see the resurrected Lord?

Answer 35

233-237. Mary Magdalene, Joanna, and Mary the Mother of James, other women, two disciples, Peter and the twelve apostles.

Question 36

How large would the New Testament be if the Apostles recorded all the miracles that they had ever seen Christ perform?

Answer 36

238. John 29:30-31 and 21:24-25. So many that the world could not contain the books that would be written.

Question 37

How many days did the resurrected Lord stay with the Apostles? What did he teach them during this time? How do the verses revealed to Joseph Smith in DC 95 help us understand about this month-long abode with he apostles?

Answer 37

238-239. DC 95:3,8,9. 40 days. He taught about how to perform ordinances for the dead and temple construction.