1  ^aAnd there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots.

  40  In addition to these, he quoted the eleventh chapter of Isaiah, saying that it was about to be fulfilled. He quoted also the third chapter of Acts, twenty-second and twenty-third verses, precisely as they stand in our New Testament. He said that that prophet was Christ; but the day had not yet come when "they who would not hear his voice should be cut off from among the people", but soon would come.

  2  The Lord shall send the ^arod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.

  3  What is the rod spoken of in the first verse of the 11th chapter of Isaiah, that should come of the Stem of Jesse?

  1  Who is the ^aStem of Jesse spoken of in the 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, and 5th verses of the 11th chapter of Isaiah?

  2  But thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of ^bJudah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.

  14  For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of ^aJuda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.

  5  Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous ^bBranch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.

  10  We believe in the literal gathering of Israel and in the restoration of the Ten Tribes; that Zion (the New Jerusalem) will be built upon the American continent; that Christ will reign personally upon the earth; and, that the earth will be renewed and receive its ^fparadisiacal glory.