Unit 54

of the

28 occurrences in 22 verses

Alma 13:11, 12, 16, 18, 22, 24,

Alma 14:2, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 13, 14, 18, 23, 27, 28, 29,

Alma 15:1, 15, 19

Alma 13:11

Therefore they were called after this holy order, and were sanctified,

and their garments were washed white through the blood of the Lamb.

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 13:16

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 13:18

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 13:22

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 14:2

But the more part of them were desirous

that they might destroy Alma and Amulek;

for they were angry with Alma,

because of the plainness of his words unto Zeezrom;

and they also said that Amulek had lied unto them,

and had reviled against their law and also against their lawyers and judges.

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 14:5

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 14:10

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 14:13

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 14:18

And when they had been cast into prison three days,

there came many lawyers, and judges, and priests, and teachers,

who were of the profession of Nehor;

and they came in unto the prison to see them,

and they questioned them about many words;

but they answered them nothing.

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 14:27

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 15:15

But as to the people that were in the land of Ammonihah,

they yet remained a hard-hearted and a stiffnecked people;

and they repented not of their sins,

ascribing all the power of Alma and Amulek to the devil;

for they were of the profession of Nehor,

and did not believe in the repentance of their sins.

Alma 15:19

And thus ended the tenth year

of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi.