Doctrine and Covenants 84: 28

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THE
DOCTRINE AND COVENANTS
OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS

SECTION 84

28 For he was baptized while he was yet in his childhood, and was ^aordained by the angel of God at the time he was ^beight days old unto this power, to overthrow the kingdom of the Jews, and to ^cmake straight the way of the Lord before the face of his people, to prepare them for the ^dcoming of the Lord, in whose hand is given ^eall power.

Footnotes

28a	TG Priesthood, Ordination.
b	Gen. 17: 12. 12 And he that is ^aeight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or ^bbought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed.
c	Isa. 40: 3. 3 ¶ The ^avoice of him that crieth in the wilderness, ^bPrepare ye the ^cway of the Lord, make straight in the desert a ^dhighway for our God. Matt. 3: 3. 3 For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet ^aEsaias, saying, The ^bvoice of one crying in the wilderness, ^cPrepare ye the way of the Lord, make his ^dpaths straight. Luke 3: 4. 4 ^aAs it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The ^bvoice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. John 1: 23. 23 He said, I am the ^avoice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ^bstraight the ^cway of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.
d	TG Jesus Christ, Prophecies about.
e	Matt. 28: 18. 18 And ^aJesus came and spake unto them, saying, All ^bpower is given unto me in heaven and in earth. John 17: 2. 2 As thou hast given him ^apower over all flesh, that he should give ^beternal life to as many as thou hast ^cgiven him. 1 Cor. 15: 27. 27 For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith all things are put under him, it is ^amanifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him. Heb. 1: 2. 2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his ^aSon, whom he hath ^bappointed ^cheir of all things, by whom also he ^dmade the ^eworlds; 1 Pet. 3: 22. 22 Who is gone into ^aheaven, and is on the right hand of God; ^bangels and ^cauthorities and powers being made subject unto him. D&C 93: 17. 17 And he received ^aall ^bpower, both in heaven and on earth, and the glory of the Father was with him, for he dwelt in him.