Unit 3
father
26 occurrences in 26 verses
1 Nephi 10:1, 2, 4, 8, 9, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17,
1 Nephi 11:1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 21, 25, 27, 35,
1 Nephi 12:16, 18,
1 Nephi 13:30, 34,
1 Nephi 14:2, 29
1 Nephi 10:1
And now I, Nephi, proceed to give an account upon these plates
of my proceedings, and my reign and ministry;
wherefore, to proceed with mine account,
I must speak somewhat of the things of my father, and also of my brethren.
1 Nephi 10:2
For behold, it came to pass after my father had made an end
of speaking the words of his dream, and also of exhorting them to all diligence,
he spake unto them concerning the Jews —
1 Nephi 10:4
Yea, even six hundred years from the time that my father left Jerusalem,
a prophet would the Lord God raise up among the Jews —
even a Messiah, or, in other words, a Savior of the world.
1 Nephi 10:8
Yea, even he should go forth and cry in the wilderness:
Prepare ye the way of the Lord, and make his paths straight;
for there standeth one among you whom ye know not;
and he is mightier than I,
whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.
And much spake my father concerning this thing.
1 Nephi 10:9
And my father said he should baptize in Bethabara, beyond Jordan;
and he also said he should baptize with water;
even that he should baptize the Messiah with water.
1 Nephi 10:11
And it came to pass after my father had spoken these words
he spake unto my brethren concerning the gospel
which should be preached among the Jews,
and also concerning the dwindling of the Jews in unbelief.
And after they had slain the Messiah, who should come,
and after he had been slain
he should rise from the dead,
and should make himself manifest, by the Holy Ghost, unto the Gentiles.
1 Nephi 10:12
Yea, even my father spake much concerning the Gentiles,
and also concerning the house of Israel,
that they should be compared like unto an olive tree,
whose branches should be broken off
and should be scattered upon all the face of the earth.
1 Nephi 10:15
And after this manner of language did my father prophesy
and speak unto my brethren,
and also many more things which I do not write in this book;
for I have written as many of them as were expedient for me in mine other book.
1 Nephi 10:16
And all these things, of which I have spoken, were done
as my father dwelt in a tent, in the valley of Lemuel.
1 Nephi 10:17
And it came to pass after I, Nephi, having heard all the words of my father,
concerning the things which he saw in a vision,
and also the things which he spake by the power of the Holy Ghost,
which power he received by faith on the Son of God
— and the Son of God was the Messiah who should come —
I, Nephi, was desirous also
that I might see, and hear, and know of these things, by the power of the Holy Ghost,
which is the gift of God unto all those who diligently seek him,
as well in times of old
as in the time that he should manifest himself unto the children of men.
1 Nephi 11:1
For it came to pass after I had desired
to know the things that my father had seen,
and believing that the Lord was able to make them known unto me,
as I sat pondering in mine heart
I was caught away in the Spirit of the Lord,
yea, into an exceedingly high mountain,
which I never had before seen,
and upon which I never had before set my foot.
1 Nephi 11:3
And I said:
I desire to behold the things which my father saw.
1 Nephi 11:4
And the Spirit said unto me:
Believest thou that thy father saw the tree of which he hath spoken?
1 Nephi 11:5
And I said:
Yea, thou knowest that I believe all the words of my father.
1 Nephi 11:7
And behold this thing shall be given unto thee for a sign,
that after thou hast beheld the tree
which bore the fruit which thy father tasted,
thou shalt also behold a man descending out of heaven,
and him shall ye witness;
and after ye have witnessed him
ye shall bear record that it is the Son of God.
1 Nephi 11:8
And it came to pass that the Spirit said unto me: Look!
And I looked and beheld a tree;
and it was like unto the tree which my father had seen;
and the beauty thereof was far beyond, yea, exceeding of all beauty;
and the whiteness thereof did exceed the whiteness of the driven snow.
1 Nephi 11:21
And the angel said unto me:
Behold the Lamb of God, yea, even the Son of the Eternal Father!
Knowest thou the meaning of the tree which thy father saw?
1 Nephi 11:25
And it came to pass that I beheld
that the rod of iron, which my father had seen, was the word of God,
which led to the fountain of living waters, or to the tree of life;
which waters are a representation of the love of God;
and I also beheld that the tree of life was a representation of the love of God.
1 Nephi 11:27
And I looked and beheld the Redeemer of the world,
of whom my father had spoken;
and I also beheld the prophet who should prepare the way before him.
And the Lamb of God went forth and was baptized of him;
and after he was baptized,
I beheld the heavens open,
and the Holy Ghost come down out of heaven
and abide upon him in the form of a dove.
1 Nephi 11:35
And the multitude of the earth was gathered together;
and I beheld that they were in a large and spacious building,
like unto the building which my father saw.
And the angel of the Lord spake unto me again, saying:
Behold the world and the wisdom thereof;
yea, behold the house of Israel hath gathered together
to fight against the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
1 Nephi 12:16
And the angel spake unto me, saying:
Behold the fountain of filthy water which thy father saw;
yea, even the river of which he spake;
and the depths thereof are the depths of hell.
1 Nephi 12:18
And the large and spacious building, which thy father saw,
is vain imaginations and the pride of the children of men.
And a great and a terrible gulf divideth them;
yea, even the word of the justice of the Eternal God, and the Messiah
who is the Lamb of God,
of whom the Holy Ghost beareth record,
from the beginning of the world until this time,
and from this time henceforth and forever.
1 Nephi 13:30
Nevertheless, thou beholdest that the Gentiles
who have gone forth out of captivity,
and have been lifted up by the power of God
above all other nations, upon the face of the land
which is choice above all other lands,
which is the land that the Lord God hath covenanted with thy father
that his seed should have for the land of their inheritance;
wherefore, thou seest that the Lord God will not suffer
that the Gentiles will utterly destroy the mixture of thy seed,
which are among thy brethren.
1 Nephi 13:34
And it came to pass that the angel of the Lord spake unto me, saying:
Behold, saith the Lamb of God,
after I have visited the remnant of the house of Israel
— and this remnant of whom I speak is the seed of thy father —
wherefore, after I have visited them in judgment,
and smitten them by the hand of the Gentiles,
and after the Gentiles do stumble exceedingly,
because of the most plain and precious parts of the gospel of the Lamb
which have been kept back by that abominable church,
which is the mother of harlots, saith the Lamb —
I will be merciful unto the Gentiles in that day,
insomuch that I will bring forth unto them, in mine own power,
much of my gospel, which shall be plain and precious, saith the Lamb.
1 Nephi 14:2
And harden not their hearts against the Lamb of God,
they shall be numbered among the seed of thy father;
yea, they shall be numbered among the house of Israel;
and they shall be a blessed people upon the promised land forever;
they shall be no more brought down into captivity;
and the house of Israel shall no more be confounded.
1 Nephi 14:29
And I bear record that I saw the things which my father saw,
and the angel of the Lord did make them known unto me.
