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Scripture Central Videos
Watch videos from Gospel scholars and teachers to learn more about these New Testament passages. Scripture Central produces weekly videos from Tyler Griffin, Taylor Halverson, Clint Mortenson, John Hilton III, and Lynne Hilton Wilson.
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Commentary
The New Testament Minute is a commentary series made especially for the free ScripturePlus app, which features insights from New Testament scholars. many of the insights in the New Testament Minute are gleaned from the BYU New Testament Commentary series. Lynne Hilton Wilson has written a commentary to supplement her New Testament video series.
John W. Welch, General Editor
John W. Welch, General Editor
John W. Welch, General Editor
John W. Welch, General Editor
Reading Plan
Structure your personal scripture study by following a 15-minute, day-by-day plan. Each day's assignment includes the required scripture passages from the Come, Follow Me curriculum, as well as suggestions for additional resources to bring context and understanding to your study. For the best experience, use our Reading Plan in the free ScripturePlus app! You can track your progress and have access to the best resources.
Monday
- Verse of the Day: Matthew 1:23
- Scripture: Matthew 1:18-25
- Video: ScripturePlus - Mary and Joseph
- Commentary: Matthew 1:18. Event 1: The Angel Assures Joseph about the Holy Birth of Jesus Christ
- Commentary: Matthew 1:21–22. You will call his name Jesus (Yeshua‘)
Tuesday
- Verse of the Day: Matthew 2:6
- Scripture: Matthew 2:1-12
- Video: Messages of Christ - Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh: Gifts of the Wise Men
- Commentary: Matthew 2:1–12. Event 2: Magi and Herod Seek the Prophesied King in Opposite Ways
- Commentary: Matthew 2:2, 7. We saw his star in the east
- Commentary: Matthew 2:11. Coming into the house
Wednesday
- Verse of the Day: Luke 1:32
- Scripture: Luke 1:26-38
- Video: Messages of Christ - The Annunciations to Mary and Zacharias
- Video: Messages of Christ - The Remarkable Story of Joseph the Carpenter
- Commentary: Luke 1:26–38. Mary
Thursday
- Verse of the Day: Luke 2:10-11
- Scripture: Luke 2:1-20
- Video: Messages of Christ - Why Was Jesus Swaddled and Laid in a Manger?
- Video: Messages of Christ - What was the Birth of Jesus Like?
Friday
- Verse of the Day: 1 Corinthians 15:26
- Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:21-26
- Commentary: 1 Corinthians 15:20–28
Saturday
- Verse of the Day: Colossians 1:16
- Scripture: Colossians 1:12-22
- Commentary: On Hope
Sunday
- Verse of the Day: 1 Peter 2:25
- Scripture: 1 Peter 2:21-25
- Commentary: 1 Peter 2:21–25. Quoting Old Testament prophecies
- Commentary: 1 Peter 2:21
Reading Resources
Christmas
The Condescension of Christ
- D. Todd Christofferson, “The Condescension of God and of Man,” 2014 Christmas Devotional.
Christ’s Mission and the Gift Eternal Life
- Brent J. Schmidt and John W. Welch, “Graceful Christmas: Of Receiving and Giving,” Special Feature, December 21, 2017.
- D. Todd Christofferson, “A Message at Christmas,” BYU Speeches December 2017.
- Lynne Hilton Wilson, “Jesus’ Atonement Foretold through His Birth,” in To Save the Lost, ed. Richard Neitzel Holzapfel and Kent P. Jackson (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2009), 103–26.
- Russell M. Nelson, “Christ the Savior is Born,” BYU Speeches December 2002.
When Was Christ Born?
- Jeffrey R. Chadwick, “Dating the Birth of Christ,” BYU Studies 49, no. 4 (2010): 4-38.
- Eric D. Huntsman, “How Christmas Came to Be on December 25,” New Testament Commentary, December 2013.
The Gospels’ Accounts
- John W. Welch, “Are the Christmas Stories in Matthew and Luke Reconcilable?” BYU New Testament Commentary, December 2013.
- Dieter F. Uchtdorf, “Can We See the Christ in Christmas?” First Presidency Christmas Devotional 2009.
- Joseph Fielding McConkie, “Special Witnesses of the Birth of Christ,” in Sperry Symposium Classics: The New Testament, ed. Frank F. Judd Jr. and Gaye Strathearn (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2006), 108–121.
Keeping Christ in Christmas
- Boyd K. Packer, “Keeping Christmas,” BYU Speeches, December 1962.
- Bonnie L. Oscarson, “Christmas Is Christlike Love,” 2014 Christmas Devotional.