| April [7–30], 1829, Harmony, Pennsylvania. |
| Jesus grants John his wish not to die. He will
live on earth, preaching Jesus returns. John's wish is better than Peter's,
which was to to go to heaven with Jesus right away. John will be like
a ministering angel to heirs of salvation on earth. Peter, James, and
John have the keys of this ministry until the second coming (added in
1835). |
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The manuscript, in LDS Church Archives, occupies
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Selected collections 1:19. |
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After the revelation, a horizontal
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Question asked in English & answered
in hebrew |
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| English question |
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For it grieveth me that I should
loose this tree & the fruit thereof |
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| "Hebrew" answer (transliteration) |
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Am. ofin Zimin ezmon E, Zer oms
ifs veris etzer ensvones vinerie — — — — |
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English Brethren I bid you adieu |
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Am efs E Zamtri |
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Horizontal
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"Characters on the book of
Mormon" and one line of characters under headings "The book of
Mormon" and "The interpretation of Languages." Two characters
appear under each heading. |
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Interpretation
Lehi's route, Jerusalem to Chile |
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The course that Lehi traveled from
the city of Jerusalem to the place where he and his family took ship, they
traveled nearly a south south east direction untill they come to the nineteenth
degree of North Lattitiege, then nearly east to the sea of Arabia then
sailed in a south east direction and landed on the continent of south America
in Chili thirty degrees south Lattitude |
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Horizontal line across the page,
near the bottom. |
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New Testament Background |
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| Peter's wish, John's wish |
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Then Peter, turning
about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following; which also leaned
on his breast at supper, and said, Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee?
Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do? Jesus
saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee?
follow thou me. Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, that that
disciple should not die: yet Jesus said not unto him, He shall not die;
but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? This is
the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote these things:
and we know that his testimony is true. And there are also many other things
which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose
that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written.
Amen. |
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John 21:20–25 (concluding
verses of the Gospel of John). |
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Manuscript Text |
Book of Commandments 6 |
1835 Doctrine and Covenants 33 |
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A revelation concerning John the beloved deciple |
A Revelation given to Joseph and Oliver, in Harmony,
Pennsylvania, April, 1829, when they desired to know whether
John, the beloved disciple, tarried on earth. Translated from parchment,
written and hid up by himself. |
A Revelation given to Joseph Smith, jr. and Oliver Cowdery,
in Harmony, Pennsylvania, April, 1829, when they desired to
know whether John, the beloved disciple, tarried on earth.— Translated
from parchment, written and hid up by himself. |
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| Jesus offers wish |
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And the Lord said unto me John
my beloved, what desirest thou |
[1] And the Lord said
unto me, John my beloved, what desirest thou? |
And the Lord said unto me, John,
my beloved, what desirest thou? For if ye you shall ask what you will, it shall be granted unto you. |
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Current LDS D&C verse numbers are to the left of the text. BC verse numbers are in brackets. 1835 D&C verse numbers are to the right of the text.
Blue: dropped in the column to the right
Red: added in current column
Turquoise: dropped after 1835
Pink: added after 1835
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| Live and
bring souls to Christ |
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And I said Lord give
unto me power that I may
bring souls unto thee, |
and I said Lord, give unto me
power that I may
bring souls unto thee.— |
And I said unto him, Lord, give unto me
power over death, that I may live and bring
souls unto thee. |
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and the Lord said unto me verily I say unto thee,
because thou desirest this; thou shalt tarry
till I come in my glory |
And the Lord said unto me: Verily, verily I
say unto thee, because thou desiredst this,
thou shalt tarry till I come in my glory: |
And the Lord said unto me, Verily, verily I say unto thee, because
thou
desiredst desirest this
thou shalt tarry until I come in my glory,
and shall prophesy before nations, kindreds, tongues and people. |
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| Why fret, Peter? |
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and for this cause the Lord said
unto Peter, if I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee,
for he desirest of me that he might
bring souls unto me, but thou desirest that thou might
speedily come unto me in my kingdom |
[2] And for this cause, the Lord said
unto Peter:— If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to
thee? for he desiredst of
me that he might bring souls unto me: but thou desiredst that thou might speedily
come unto me in my kingdom: |
And for this cause the Lord said unto Peter,
If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? For he desiredst desired of
me that he might bring souls unto me; but thou desiredst that thou mightest speedily
come unto me in my kingdom. |
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| Yours was a good wish too |
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I say unto thee Peter this was a good desire, But my beloved
has undertaken a greater work; |
I say unto thee, Peter, this was a good desire, but . |
I say unto thee, Peter, this was a good desire, but my beloved has desired
that he might do more, or a greater work, yet
among men than what he has before done; |
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| John's is greater |
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yea, he has undertaken a greater work; therefore,
I will make him as flaming fire and a ministering angel: he shall minister
for those who shall be heirs of salvation who dwell on the earth; |
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| Peter, James, and John keys |
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and I will make thee to minister for him and for
thy brother James: and unto you three I will give this power and the
keys of this ministry until I come. |
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| Both happy |
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verily I say unto you ye <shall>
both have according to your desires for ye hath Joy in th[at] which ye
have desired &c &c &c, , , , |
[3] Verily I say unto you, ye shall both have
according to your desires, for ye both joy in that which ye have desired. |
Verily I say unto you, ye shall both have
according to your desires, for ye both joy in that which ye have desired. |
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D&C 8
D&C 6
New York–Pennsylvania Revelations
Doctrine and Covenants
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