Jesus Goes to Heaven
After Jesus went up into heaven, the crowd left. Everyone took their wife and children and went back to their own home.
Before it got dark, the news spread quickly among the people. They heard that the crowd had seen Jesus. They heard that he had helped them. They also heard that he would come back the next day to show himself to the crowd again. All night long the news spread about Jesus. Many people sent out the message. A very large number of people worked hard all night. They wanted to be at the place where Jesus would show himself to the crowd the next day.
The Twelve Disciples Teach the People
The next day the crowd gathered together. Nephi was there with his brother Timothy, whom he had raised from the dead. His son Jonas was there. Also Mathoni, Mathonihah, Kumen, Kumenonhi, Jeremiah, Shemnon, Jonas, Zedekiah, and Isaiah were there. These were the names of the disciples Jesus had chosen. They went out and stood in the middle of the crowd.
The crowd was so big that they divided into twelve groups. The twelve disciples taught the crowd. They told the crowd to kneel down on the ground and pray to the Father in the name of Jesus. The disciples also prayed to the Father in the name of Jesus. Then they stood up and helped the people. They taught the people the same words Jesus had said. They did not change anything from what Jesus had said. Then they knelt down again and prayed to the Father in the name of Jesus. They prayed for what they wanted most. They wanted the Holy Spirit to be given to them.
Nephi Baptizes the Disciples
After they prayed, they went down to the water. The crowd followed them. Nephi went down into the water and was baptized. He came up out of the water and started to baptize. He baptized all the people Jesus had chosen. When they were all baptized and came up out of the water, the Holy Spirit fell on them. They were filled with the Holy Spirit and with fire. They were surrounded by what looked like fire. It came down from heaven. The crowd saw it and tells about it. Angels came down out of heaven and helped them.
Jesus Appears and Prays
While the angels were helping the disciples, Jesus came and stood in the middle of them. He helped them. He told the crowd to kneel down on the ground again. He also told his disciples to kneel down on the ground. When they had all knelt down, he told his disciples to pray. They started to pray. They prayed to Jesus, calling him their Lord and their God.
Jesus left them and went a little way off. He bowed down to the ground and said: 'Father, I thank you for giving the Holy Spirit to these people I have chosen. I chose them out of the world because they believe in me.' 'Father, I pray that you will give the Holy Spirit to all the people who will believe in their words.' 'Father, you have given them the Holy Spirit because they believe in me. You see that they believe in me because you hear them pray to me. They pray to me because I am with them.' 'Father, I pray for them. I also pray for all the people who will believe in their words. I pray that they will believe in me. I pray that I may be in them just as you, Father, are in me. Then we can all be one.'
After Jesus prayed to the Father, he came back to his disciples. They were still praying to him without stopping. They did not say many words. God had given them the words to pray. They were filled with wanting. Jesus blessed them while they prayed to him. His face smiled at them. The light of his face shined on them. They became as white as Jesus’ face. Their clothes also became as white as Jesus’ clothes. Nothing on earth could be as white as they were. Jesus said to them: 'Keep praying.' But they did not stop praying.
He turned from them again and went a little way off. He bowed down to the ground. He prayed again to the Father and said: 'Father, I thank you for making these people I have chosen pure because of their faith. I pray for them. I also pray for those who will believe in their words. I pray that they will be made pure in me through faith in their words, just as these people are made pure in me.' 'Father, I am not praying for the world. I am praying for the people you have given me out of the world because of their faith. I pray that they will be made pure in me. I pray that I may be in them just as you, Father, are in me. Then we can be one. Then I can be honored in them.'
When Jesus finished saying these words, he came back to his disciples. They were still praying to him without stopping. He smiled at them again. They were white, just like Jesus.
Jesus Prays Words Too Great to Write
He went a little way off again and prayed to the Father. No one can say the words he prayed. No one can write down the words he prayed. The crowd heard. They tell about it. Their hearts were open. They understood in their hearts the words he prayed. But the words he prayed were so great and wonderful that they cannot be written. They cannot be said by anyone.
When Jesus finished praying, he came back to the disciples. He said to them: 'I have never seen such great faith among all the Jews. I could not show them such great miracles because they did not believe.' 'I tell you the truth. None of them have seen things as great as you have seen. They have not heard things as great as you have heard.'
Influences
- 19:2 — Mark 2:1 (KJV)And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house.
- 19:3 — Acts 28:23 (KJV)And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening.
- 19:3 — John 19:20 (KJV)This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin.
- 19:4 — John 12:9 (KJV)Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he was there: and they came not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.
- 19:4 — John 20:26 (KJV)And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you.
- 19:6 — Acts 16:18 (KJV)And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same hour.
- 19:7 — Matthew 26:19 (KJV)And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they made ready the passover.
- 19:7 — Luke 4:39 (KJV)And he stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her: and immediately she arose and ministered unto them.
- 19:9 — Acts 20:23 (KJV)Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.
- 19:13 — Matthew 3:11 (KJV)I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance. but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
- 19:14 — Revelation 3:12 (KJV)Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.
- 19:17 — Matthew 16:20 (KJV)Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ.
- 19:20 — John 11:41 (KJV)Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.
- 19:20 — John 17:15 (KJV)I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
- 19:21 — Acts 24:4 (KJV)Notwithstanding, that I be not further tedious unto thee, I pray thee that thou wouldest hear us of thy clemency a few words.
- 19:22 — Matthew 18:6 (KJV)But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
- 19:23 — John 17:20-21 (KJV)Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
- 19:23 — John 17:21 (KJV)That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
- 19:24 — John 13:21 (KJV)When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.
- 19:24 — Luke 6:11 (KJV)And they were filled with madness; and communed one with another what they might do to Jesus.
- 19:25 — Matthew 17:2 (KJV)And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.
- 19:26 — Colossians 1:9 (KJV)For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
- 19:27 — Matthew 26:39 (KJV)And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.
- 19:27 — James 5:18 (KJV)And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
- 19:28 — Matthew 5:44 (KJV)But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
- 19:28 — Acts 3:16 (KJV)And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.
- 19:29 — John 17:9 (KJV)I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.
- 19:30 — 2 Timothy 1:3 (KJV)I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day;
- 19:35 — Luke 7:9 (KJV)When Jesus heard these things, he marvelled at him, and turned him about, and said unto the people that followed him, I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.
- 19:35 — Acts 24:5 (KJV)For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:
- 19:35 — Mark 6:6 (KJV)And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went round about the villages, teaching.
- 19:36 — Matthew 16:28 (KJV)Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.