OPPRESS'ED, participle passive burdened with unreasonable impositions; overpowered; overburdened; depressed.

AFFLICT'ED, participle passive Affected with continued or often repeated pain, either of body or mind; suffering grief or distress, of any kind; followed by at, by or with; as, afflicted at the loss of a child, by the rheumatism, or with losses.

"he should bring to pass the resurrection of the dead, and that he, himself, should be oppressed and aflicted." (Mosiah 13:35)

Mosiah 14:3 despised and rejected of men

James E. Talmage

"Isaiah was permitted to read the scroll of futurity as to many distinguishing conditions to attend the Messiah's lowly life and atoning death. In Him the prophet saw One who would be despised and rejected of men, a Man of sorrows, acquainted with grief, One to be wounded and bruised for the transgressions of the race, on whom would be laid the iniquity of us all -- a patient and willing Sacrifice, silent under affliction, as a lamb brought to the slaughter. The Lord's dying with sinners, and His burial in the tomb of the wealthy were likewise declared with prophetic certainty." (Jesus the Christ, p. 47)

Charles W. Penrose


"We expect that he will come again, not the next time as the babe of Bethlehem, not the next time to be despised and rejected of men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief, but as the Lord of life and glory, as the King of Israel to sit upon the throne of his father David, to rule from the rivers to the ends of the earth; not to be brought unto the subjection of men, but to have all things made subject to him; not to bear his cross up the side of Calvary, but to come as a monarch, as a ruler of men, as the rightful Lord and King of this earth upon which we live." (Journal of Discourses, vol. 22, p. 83)

- It is beyond my comprehnsion to understand or to even begin to understand how the Atonement and the resurectiog of Christ took place. These are the greatest miracles and events that have ever taken place, and I know them to have. I know without a doubt that God sent my Savior Jesus Christ down to live for me, suffer for my sins and die for me that I might live again. I am so thankful for the love and patience they have for me in my life. To think that every time I go through a hard time Christ knows how I feel gives me comfort and joy, just knowing He loves me enough to die for ME.

Blessing: Christ died for me personally so that I might be clesed from my sins and might have the opporunity to return to live with God again.

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