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Chapter 122

Doctrine and Covenants 122:8

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The Son of Man hath descended below them all. Art thou greater than he?

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descended

Mark 14:37 Mark 14:38 Mark 14:39 Mark 14:40 Mark 14:41 Hebrews 2:17 Doctrine and Covenants 76:107 Doctrine and Covenants 88:6

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deep

Psalms 69:2

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hour?

Mark 14:37

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fear:

Luke 12:5

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patiently?

1 Peter 2:20

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persecuted

3 Nephi 12:10

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feared

Doctrine and Covenants 3:7

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alone,

Doctrine and Covenants 76:107

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descended

Doctrine and Covenants 88:6

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- **Eternity’s Great Gifts: Jesus Christ’s Atonement, Resurrection, Restoration** — Gerrit W. Gong (April 2025) · Reference
  God’s plan of moral and mortal agency allows us to learn by our own experience.
  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2025/04/45gong?lang=eng&id=p_z6pH6#p_z6pH6

- **God Knows and Loves You** — Alan T. Phillips (October 2023) · Reference
  Our Savior’s mission was to provide both a way to return to Heavenly Father and relief in the journey.
  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2023/10/27phillips?lang=eng&id=p17#p17

- **Hosanna to the Most High God** — Ronald A. Rasband (April 2023) · Reference
  The Lord knows firsthand that mortality is hard.
  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2023/04/53rasband?lang=eng&id=p10#p10

- **Highly Favored of the Lord** — Gary E. Stevenson (October 2020) · Reference
  I close with my testimony of Jesus Christ, who Himself was no stranger to affliction and as part of His infinite Atonement descended below all things.
  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2020/10/53stevenson?lang=eng&id=p36#p36

- **The Eternal Everyday** — Quentin L. Cook (October 2017) · Reference
  The Savior’s example of humility and sacrifice for all mankind is the most profound event in history.
  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2017/10/the-eternal-everyday?lang=eng&id=p12#p12

- **Remembering in Whom We Have Trusted** — Allen D. Haynie (October 2015) · Reference
  What does matter is that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, suffered “pains and afflictions and temptations of every kind” so “that he may know according to the flesh how to succor his people.” What does matter is that He was willing to condescend, to come to this earth and descend “below all things” and suffer “more powerful contradictions than any man” ever could.
  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2015/10/remembering-in-whom-we-have-trusted?lang=eng&id=p13#p13

- **“Plow in Hope”** — Neal A. Maxwell (April 2001) · Alludes to
  Uniquely, atoning Jesus also “descended below all things, in that he comprehended all things” (D&C 88:6; see also D&C 122:8).
  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2001/04/plow-in-hope?lang=eng&id=p26#p26

- **“Apply the Atoning Blood of Christ”** — Neal A. Maxwell (October 1997) · Alludes to
  President Brigham Young spoke of what evoked the “why” from Jesus, saying that during the axis of agony which was Gethsemane and Calvary, the Father at some point withdrew both His presence and His Spirit from Jesus (see Journal of Discourses, 3:205–6).
  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1997/10/apply-the-atoning-blood-of-christ?lang=eng&id=p13#p13

- **“Endure It Well”** — Neal A. Maxwell (April 1990) · Quote
  > “The Son of Man hath descended below them all. Art thou greater than he?”
  Therefore, one of the most powerful and searching questions ever asked of all of us in our sufferings hangs in time and space before us: “The Son of Man hath descended below them all.
  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1990/04/endure-it-well?lang=eng&id=p41#p41

- **“He Loved Them unto the End”** — Jeffrey R. Holland (October 1989) · Alludes to
  As the sacred supper of that ultimate Passover was being prepared, Jesus was under the strain of deep and profound emotion.
  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1989/10/he-loved-them-unto-the-end?lang=eng&id=p7#p7

- **Overcoming Adversity** — Carlos H. Amado (October 1989) · Quote
  > “The Son of Man hath descended below them all. Art thou greater than he?”
  There is evidence in the scriptures that these great men trusted fully in the Savior, even without a full understanding of His purposes.
  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1989/10/overcoming-adversity?lang=eng&id=p18#p18

- **Self-Mastery** — Russell M. Nelson (October 1985) · Alludes to
  Jesus, our Savior, was born in the lowliest of circumstances.
  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1985/10/self-mastery?lang=eng&id=p45#p45

- **“If Thou Endure It Well”** — Marvin J. Ashton (October 1984) · Quote
  > “The Son of Man hath descended below them all. Art thou greater than he?”
  “The Son of Man hath descended below them all.
  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1984/10/if-thou-endure-it-well?lang=eng&id=p19#p19

- **Jesus Christ: Our Savior and Redeemer** — Ezra Taft Benson (October 1983) · Alludes to
  Faith in Jesus Christ consists of complete reliance on Him.
  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1983/10/jesus-christ-our-savior-and-redeemer?lang=eng&id=p59#p59

- **“O, Divine Redeemer”** — Neal A. Maxwell (October 1981) · Alludes to
  Can we, even in the depths of disease, tell Him anything at all about suffering?
  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1981/10/o-divine-redeemer?lang=eng&id=p11#p11

Eternity’s Great Gifts: Jesus Christ’s Atonement, Resurrection, Restoration

Gerrit W. Gong April 2025 Sunday Morning Session

God’s plan of moral and mortal agency allows us to learn by our own experience.

Reference Verified
God Knows and Loves You

Alan T. Phillips October 2023 Saturday Afternoon Session

Our Savior’s mission was to provide both a way to return to Heavenly Father and relief in the journey.

Reference Verified
Hosanna to the Most High God

Ronald A. Rasband April 2023 Sunday Afternoon Session

The Lord knows firsthand that mortality is hard.

Reference Verified
Highly Favored of the Lord

Gary E. Stevenson October 2020 Sunday Afternoon Session

I close with my testimony of Jesus Christ, who Himself was no stranger to affliction and as part of His infinite Atonement descended below all things.

Reference Verified
The Eternal Everyday

Quentin L. Cook October 2017 Saturday Afternoon Session

The Savior’s example of humility and sacrifice for all mankind is the most profound event in history.

Reference Verified
Remembering in Whom We Have Trusted

Allen D. Haynie October 2015 Sunday Afternoon Session

What does matter is that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, suffered “pains and afflictions and temptations of every kind” so “that he may know according to the flesh how to succor his people.” What does matter is that He was willing to condescend, to come to this earth and descend “below all things” and suffer “more powerful contradictions than any man” ever could.

Reference Verified
“Plow in Hope”

Neal A. Maxwell April 2001 Sunday Morning Session

Uniquely, atoning Jesus also “descended below all things, in that he comprehended all things” (D&C 88:6; see also D&C 122:8).

Alludes to High confidence
“Apply the Atoning Blood of Christ”

Neal A. Maxwell October 1997 Saturday Afternoon Session

President Brigham Young spoke of what evoked the “why” from Jesus, saying that during the axis of agony which was Gethsemane and Calvary, the Father at some point withdrew both His presence and His Spirit from Jesus (see Journal of Discourses, 3:205–6).

Alludes to High confidence
“Endure It Well”

Neal A. Maxwell April 1990 Saturday Afternoon Session

“The Son of Man hath descended below them all. Art thou greater than he?”

Quote High confidence
“He Loved Them unto the End”

Jeffrey R. Holland October 1989 Saturday Afternoon Session

As the sacred supper of that ultimate Passover was being prepared, Jesus was under the strain of deep and profound emotion.

Alludes to High confidence
Overcoming Adversity

Carlos H. Amado October 1989 Saturday Afternoon Session

“The Son of Man hath descended below them all. Art thou greater than he?”

Quote High confidence
Self-Mastery

Russell M. Nelson October 1985 Saturday Afternoon Session

Jesus, our Savior, was born in the lowliest of circumstances.

Alludes to High confidence
“If Thou Endure It Well”

Marvin J. Ashton October 1984 Saturday Afternoon Session

“The Son of Man hath descended below them all. Art thou greater than he?”

Quote High confidence
Jesus Christ: Our Savior and Redeemer

Ezra Taft Benson October 1983 Saturday Morning Session

Faith in Jesus Christ consists of complete reliance on Him.

Alludes to High confidence
“O, Divine Redeemer”

Neal A. Maxwell October 1981 Saturday Morning Session

Can we, even in the depths of disease, tell Him anything at all about suffering?

Alludes to High confidence

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Jesus Christ, Condescension of
Jesus Christ, Son of Man

Jesus the Christ

Chapter 11: From Judea to Galilee

James E. Talmage

The title is used in connection with the record of Daniel’s vision,q in which was revealed the consummation, yet future, when Adam—the Ancient of Days—shall sit to judge his posterity;r on which great occasion, the Son of Man is to appear and receive a dominion that shall be everlasting, transcendently superior to that of the Ancient of Days, and embracing every people and nation, all of whom shall serve the Lord, Jesus Christ, the Son of Man.s

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