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RCE Scripture Context
1 Nephi 3:53 - 1 Nephi 3:63
53 And I beheld the City of Nazareth; And in the City of Nazareth I beheld a virgin and she was exceeding fair and white.
54 And it came to pass that I saw the heavens open and an angel came down and stood before me; And he saith unto me: "Nephi, what beholdest thou?"
55 And I saith unto him: "A virgin most beautiful and fair above all other virgins."
56 And he saith unto me: "Knowest thou the Condescension of God?"
57 And I said unto him: "I know that He loveth His children, Nevertheless, I do not know the meaning of all things."
58 And he said unto me: "Behold, the virgin which thou seest is the mother of God, after the manner of the flesh."
59 And it came to pass that I beheld that she was carried away in the Spirit;
60 And after that she had been carried away in the Spirit a time, for the space of a time, the angel spake unto me, saying: "Look!"
61 And I looked and beheld the virgin again, bearing a Child in her arms;
62 And the angel said unto me: "Behold the Lamb of God, yea, even the Eternal Father!
63 Knowest thou the meaning of the tree which thy father saw?"