Joseph Smith—Matthew

"Joseph Smith—Matthew" (abbreviated JS–M) is a book in the "Pearl of Great Price", a scriptural text used by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and other Latter Day Saint denominations. "Joseph Smith—Matthew" consists of Joseph Smith, Jr.'s "retranslation" of portions of the "Gospel of Matthew".

"Joseph Smith—Matthew" includes Joseph Smith's retranslation of Matthew 23:39 and all of Matthew Chapter 24. It was created by Smith in 1831. The text deals mainly with Jesus' prophecy of the coming destruction of Jerusalem and of similar calamities that will precede his Second Coming. "Joseph Smith—Matthew" contains significant changes and additions to the original biblical text.

"Joseph Smith—Matthew" and the "Book of Moses" (also contained in the "Pearl of Great Price") are the only portions of the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible that the LDS Church has canonized as part of its standard works. Other selections from the Joseph Smith Translation are included in the footnotes and the appendix in the LDS-published King James Version of the Bible, but the LDS Church has not officially canonized these excerpts.

ee also

* Joseph Smith—History

References

External links

* [http://patriot.lib.byu.edu/cgi-bin/showfile.exe?CISOROOT=/NCMP1820-1846&CISOPTR=4869&filename=020206_131532_bp001_vaq_094_k639_1836.pdf Extract from the New Translation of the Bible] - PDF scan of original 1831 publication
* [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/js_m/1 Joseph Smith—Matthew] - complete text used by the LDS Church; includes footnotes added by church in 1981
* Joseph Smith—sourcetext|source=Pearl of Great Price|book=Matthew at Wikisource - text only; no LDS Church footnotes