Unit 1

the Jews

10 occurrences in 10 verses



1 Nephi 1:2, 19, 20,

1 Nephi 2:13,

1 Nephi 3:3,

1 Nephi 4:22, 27, 36,

1 Nephi 5:6, 12



1 Nephi 1:2

Yea, I make a record in the language of my father,

which consists of the learning of the Jews and the language of the Egyptians.



1 Nephi 1:19

And it came to pass that the Jews did mock him

because of the things which he testified of them;

for he truly testified of their wickedness and their abominations;

and he testified that the things which he saw and heard,

and also the things which he read in the book,

manifested plainly of the coming of a Messiah,

and also the redemption of the world.



1 Nephi 1:20

And when the Jews heard these things they were angry with him;

yea, even as with the prophets of old,

whom they had cast out, and stoned, and slain;

and they also sought his life, that they might take it away.

But behold, I, Nephi, will show unto you

that the tender mercies of the Lord are over all those

whom he hath chosen, because of their faith,

to make them mighty even unto the power of deliverance.



1 Nephi 2:13

Neither did they believe that Jerusalem, that great city,

could be destroyed according to the words of the prophets.

And they were like unto the Jews who were at Jerusalem,

who sought to take away the life of my father.



1 Nephi 3:3

For behold, Laban hath the record of the Jews

and also a genealogy of my forefathers,

and they are engraven upon plates of brass.



1 Nephi 4:22

And he spake unto me concerning the elders of the Jews,

he knowing that his master, Laban, had been out by night among them.



1 Nephi 4:27

And he spake unto me many times concerning the elders of the Jews,

as I went forth unto my brethren, who were without the walls.



1 Nephi 4:36

Now we were desirous that he should tarry with us for this cause,

that the Jews might not know concerning our flight into the wilderness,

lest they should pursue us and destroy us.



1 Nephi 5:6

And after this manner of language

did my father, Lehi, comfort my mother, Sariah, concerning us,

while we journeyed in the wilderness up to the land of Jerusalem,

to obtain the record of the Jews.



1 Nephi 5:12

And also a record of the Jews from the beginning,

even down to the commencement of the reign of Zedekiah, king of Judah;