Elder Bruce R. McConkie
“Just as Jesus is literally the Son
of Mary, so he is the personal and literal offspring of God the Eternal Father.
… Matthew’s statement, ‘she was found with child of the Holy Ghost,’ properly
translated should say, ‘she was found with child by the power of the Holy
Ghost.’ (Matt. 1:18.) … Alma perfectly describes our Lord’s conception and
birth by prophesying: Christ ‘shall be born of Mary, … she being a virgin, a
precious and chosen vessel, who shall be overshadowed and conceive by the power
of the Holy Ghost, and bring forth a son, yea, even the Son of God.’ (Alma
7:10.)” (Doctrinal New Testament Commentary, 3 vols. [1965–73], 1:82).
Elder James E. Talmage
“That Child to be born of Mary was
begotten of Elohim, the Eternal Father. … In His nature would be combined the
powers of Godhood with the capacity and possibilities of mortality. … The Child
Jesus was to inherit the physical, mental, and spiritual traits, tendencies,
and powers that characterized His parents—one immortal and glorified—God, the
other human—woman” (Jesus the Christ, 3rd ed. [1916], 81).
