“There
was nothing about [Jesus] to cause people to single him out. In
appearance he was like men; and so it is expressed here by the prophet
that he had no form or comeliness, that is, he was not so distinctive,
so different from others that people would recognize him as the Son of
God. He appeared as a mortal man” (Doctrines of Salvation, comp. Bruce R. McConkie, 3 vols. [1954–56], 1:23).
Elder David. A. Bednar of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles:
“There
is no physical pain, no spiritual wound, no anguish of soul or
heartache, no infirmity or weakness you or I ever confront in mortality
that the Savior did not experience first. In a moment of weakness we may
cry out, ‘No one knows what it is like. No one understands.’ But the
Son of God perfectly knows and understands, for He has felt and borne
our individual burdens. And because of His infinite and eternal
sacrifice (see Alma 34:14), He has perfect empathy and can extend to us His arm of mercy. He can reach out, touch, succor, heal, and strengthen us” (“Bear Up Their Burdens with Ease,” Ensign or Liahona, May 2014, 90).
President James E. Faust of the First Presidency:
“He suffered so much pain, ‘indescribable anguish,’ and ‘overpowering torture’ [John Taylor, The Mediation and Atonement
(1882), 150] for our sake. His profound suffering in the Garden of
Gethsemane … caused Him ‘to tremble because of pain, and to bleed at
every pore, and to suffer both body and spirit’ [D&C 19:18]. …
“… No one has ever suffered in any degree what He did” (“The Atonement: Our Greatest Hope,” Ensign, Nov. 2001, 19).
