Unit 54

he

34 occurrences in 21 verses

Alma 13:15, 18, 21, 22,

Alma 14:1, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 14, 17, 19,

Alma 15:3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 12, 16, 18

Alma 13:15

And it was this same Melchizedek to whom Abraham paid tithes;

yea, even our father Abraham paid tithes of one-tenth part of all he possessed.

Alma 13:18

But Melchizedek having exercised mighty faith,

and received the office of the high priesthood

according to the holy order of God,

did preach repentance unto his people.

And behold, they did repent;

and Melchizedek did establish peace in the land in his days;

therefore he was called the prince of peace,

for he was the king of Salem;

and he did reign under his father.

Alma 13:21

And now it came to pass that when Alma had said these words unto them,

he stretched forth his hand unto them and cried with a mighty voice, saying:

Now is the time to repent,

for the day of salvation draweth nigh;

Alma 13:22

Yea, and the voice of the Lord, by the mouth of angels,

doth declare it unto all nations;

yea, doth declare it, that they may have glad tidings of great joy;

yea, and he doth sound these glad tidings among all his people,

yea, even to them that are scattered abroad upon the face of the earth;

wherefore they have come unto us.

Alma 14:1

And it came to pass

after he had made an end of speaking unto the people

many of them did believe on his words,

and began to repent, and to search the scriptures.

Alma 14:5

And the people went forth and witnessed against them —

testifying that they had reviled against the law,

and their lawyers and judges of the land,

and also of all the people that were in the land;

and also testified that there was but one God,

and that he should send his Son among the people,

but he should not save them;

and many such things did the people testify against Alma and Amulek.

Now this was done before the chief judge of the land.

Alma 14:6

And it came to pass that

Zeezrom was astonished at the words which had been spoken;

and he also knew concerning the blindness of the minds,

which he had caused among the people by his lying words;

and his soul began to be harrowed up under a consciousness of his own guilt;

yea, he began to be encircled about by the pains of hell.

Alma 14:7

And it came to pass that he began to cry unto the people, saying:

Behold, I am guilty, and these men are spotless before God.

And he began to plead for them from that time forth;

but they reviled him, saying:

Art thou also possessed with the devil?

And they spit upon him,

and cast him out from among them,

and also all those who believed in the words

which had been spoken by Alma and Amulek;

and they cast them out, and sent men to cast stones at them.

Alma 14:10

And when Amulek saw the pains of the women and children

who were consuming in the fire,

he also was pained;

and he said unto Alma:

How can we witness this awful scene?

Therefore let us stretch forth our hands,

and exercise the power of God which is in us,

and save them from the flames.

Alma 14:11

But Alma said unto him:

The Spirit constraineth me that I must not stretch forth mine hand;

for behold the Lord receiveth them up unto himself, in glory;

and he doth suffer that they may do this thing,

or that the people may do this thing unto them,

according to the hardness of their hearts,

that the judgments which he shall exercise upon them in his wrath may be just;

and the blood of the innocent shall stand as a witness against them,

yea, and cry mightily against them at the last day.

Alma 14:14

Now it came to pass that when the bodies of those

who had been cast into the fire were consumed,

and also the records which were cast in with them,

the chief judge of the land came

and stood before Alma and Amulek, as they were bound;

and he smote them with his hand upon their cheeks,

and said unto them:

After what ye have seen, will ye preach again unto this people,

that they shall be cast into a lake of fire and brimstone?

Alma 14:17

And it came to pass that Alma and Amulek answered him nothing;

and he smote them again,

and delivered them to the officers to be cast into prison.

Alma 14:19

And it came to pass that the judge stood before them, and said:

Why do ye not answer the words of this people?

Know ye not that I have power to deliver you up unto the flames?

And he commanded them to speak; but they answered nothing.

Alma 15:3

And also Zeezrom lay sick at Sidom, with a burning fever,

which was caused by the great tribulations of his mind

on account of his wickedness,

for he supposed that Alma and Amulek were no more;

and he supposed that they had been slain because of his iniquity.

And this great sin, and his many other sins, did harrow up his mind

until it did become exceedingly sore,

having no deliverance;

therefore he began to be scorched with a burning heat.

Alma 15:4

Now, when he heard that Alma and Amulek were in the land of Sidom,

his heart began to take courage;

and he sent a message immediately unto them,

desiring them to come unto him.

Alma 15:5

And it came to pass that they went immediately,

obeying the message which he had sent unto them;

and they went in unto the house unto Zeezrom;

and they found him upon his bed, sick,

being very low with a burning fever;

and his mind also was exceedingly sore because of his iniquities;

and when he saw them he stretched forth his hand,

and besought them that they would heal him.

Alma 15:7

And he answered and said:

Yea, I believe all the words that thou hast taught.

Alma 15:9

And he said:

Yea, I believe according to thy words.

Alma 15:12

And Alma baptized Zeezrom unto the Lord;

and he began from that time forth to preach unto the people.

Alma 15:16

And it came to pass that Alma and Amulek,

Amulek having forsaken all his gold, and silver,

and his precious things, which were in the land of Ammonihah,

for the word of God,

he being rejected by those who were once his friends

and also by his father and his kindred;

Alma 15:18

Now as I said,

Alma having seen all these things,

therefore he took Amulek and came over to the land of Zarahemla,

and took him to his own house,

and did administer unto him in his tribulations,

and strengthened him in the Lord.