Unit 54

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36 occurrences in 31 verses

Alma 13:10, 12, 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26,

Alma 14:1, 4, 6, 7, 9, 13, 14, 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 27, 28, 29,

Alma 15:1, 3, 5, 6, 14, 16

Alma 13:10

Now, as I said concerning the holy order, or this high priesthood,

there were many who were ordained and became high priests of God;

and it was on account of their exceeding faith and repentance,

and their righteousness before God,

they choosing to repent and work righteousness rather than to perish;

Alma 13:12

Now they, after being sanctified by the Holy Ghost,

having their garments made white,

being pure and spotless before God,

could not look upon sin save it were with abhorrence;

and there were many, exceedingly great many, who were made pure

and entered into the rest of the Lord their God.

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 13:16

Now these ordinances were given after this manner,

that thereby the people might look forward on the Son of God,

it being a type of his order, or it being his order,

and this that they might look forward to him for a remission of their sins,

that they might enter into the rest of the Lord.

Alma 13:20

Now I need not rehearse the matter;

what I have said may suffice.

Behold, the scriptures are before you;

if ye will wrest them it shall be to your own destruction.

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 13:24

For behold, angels are declaring it unto many at this time in our land;

and this is for the purpose of preparing the hearts of the children of men

to receive his word at the time of his coming in his glory.

Alma 13:25

And now we only wait to hear the joyful news

declared unto us by the mouth of angels,

of his coming;

for the time cometh,

we know not how soon.

Would to God that it might be in my day;

but let it be sooner or later,

in it I will rejoice.

Alma 13:26

And it shall be made known unto just and holy men,

by the mouth of angels, at the time of his coming,

that the words of our fathers may be fulfilled,

according to that which they have spoken concerning him,

which was according to the spirit of prophecy which was in them.

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 14:4

But it came to pass that they did not;

but they took them and bound them with strong cords,

and took them 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 14:9

And it came to pass that they took Alma and Amulek,

and carried them forth to the place of martyrdom,

that they might witness the destruction of those who were consumed by fire.

Alma 14:13

And Alma said:

Be it according to the will of the Lord.

But, behold, our work is not finished;

therefore they burn us not.

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 14:20

And it came to pass that they departed and went their ways,

but came again on the morrow;

and the judge also smote them again on their cheeks.

And many came forth also, and smote them, saying:

Will ye stand again and judge this people, and condemn our law?

If ye have such great power

why do ye not deliver yourselves?

Alma 14:23

And it came to pass after they had thus suffered for many days,

(and it was on the twelfth day, in the tenth month, in the tenth year

of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi)

that the chief judge over the land of Ammonihah

and many of their teachers and their lawyers went in unto the prison

where Alma and Amulek were bound with cords.

Alma 14:25

And it came to pass that they all went forth and smote them,

saying the same words, even until the last;

and when the last had spoken unto them

the power of God was upon Alma and Amulek,

and they rose and stood upon their feet.

Alma 14:27

And it came to pass that so great was their fear

that they fell to the earth, and did not obtain the outer door of the prison;

and the earth shook mightily, and the walls of the prison were rent in twain,

so that they fell to the earth;

and the chief judge, and the lawyers, and priests, and teachers,

who smote upon Alma and Amulek,

were slain by the fall thereof.

Alma 14:28

And Alma and Amulek came forth out of the prison,

and they were not hurt;

for the Lord had granted unto them power,

according to their faith which was in Christ.

And they straightway came forth out of the prison;

and they were loosed from their bands;

and the prison had fallen to the earth,

and every soul within the walls thereof,

save it were Alma and Amulek, was slain;

and they straightway came forth into the city.

Alma 14:29

Now the people having heard a great noise

came running together by multitudes to know the cause of it;

and when they saw Alma and Amulek coming forth out of the prison,

and the walls thereof had fallen to the earth,

they were struck with great fear,

and fled from the presence of Alma and Amulek

even as a goat fleeth with her young from two lions;

and thus they did flee from the presence of Alma and Amulek.

Alma 15:1

And it came to pass that

Alma and Amulek were commanded to depart out of that city;

and they departed, and came out even into the land of Sidom;

and behold, there they found all the people

who had departed out of the land of Ammonihah,

who had been cast out and stoned,

because they believed in the words of Alma.

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 15:5

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 15:6

And it came to pass that Alma said unto him, taking him by the hand:

Believest thou in the power of Christ unto salvation?

Alma 15:14

And it came to pass that they were many;

for they did flock in from all the region round about Sidom, and were baptized.

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;