These study questions pertaining to this chapter are in reference to the second day of Jesus’s extended visit. Select two or three of these that resonate with you. How would you answer them:
- Why do you think we are told that they all returned to their homes?
- How did the Nephites know that Jesus would come back the next day?
- How did they know where he would appear to them?
- Do you notice any interesting things about the names of these twelve men?
- What is significant about the people dividing into twelve bodies? (19:5)
- Why is it important that they prayed (as we pray) "in the name of Jesus"? (19:6–7)
- How could all the twelve speak the same words that Jesus had spoken? (19:8)
- What did the twelve want most of all? (19:9) and how did they receive it? (19:10–14)
- What did the multitude see when the twelve were filled with the Holy Ghost?
- Who was commanded to kneel down on the earth? (19:16)
- What recognitions are embedded in calling Jesus "Lord" and "God"? (19:20)
- Why did Jesus "need" to pray to the Father? (19:19)
- What can one learn in 3 Nephi 19 about the Godhead? (19:19–23)
- For what was Jesus thankful in this prayer?
- What did Jesus ask for in this first prayer?
- How do the words "and they were filled with desire" strike you? (19:24)
- How does 19:25 compare with the Priestly Blessing in Numbers 6:24–26?
- What do the words "white" and "whiteness" say to you? (19:25)
- What did Jesus pray for in this second prayer?
- How many times does the word "purified" and "faith" appear in this prayer?
- Who heard this prayer of Jesus? (19:33)
- What might Jesus have prayed for in this third prayer?
- How often did ancient people pray? How often should we pray?
- Why were such great things seen and heard by the Nephites?
