Unit 56

the people

11 occurrences in 10 verses

Alma 17:6,

Alma 18:7, 36, 41,

Alma 19:10, 14, 17, 19, 33, 34

Alma 17:6

Now these were their journeyings:

Having taken leave of their father, Mosiah,

in the first year of the judges;

having refused the kingdom which their father was desirous to confer upon them,

and also this was the minds of the people;

Alma 18:7

Now it was the practice of these Lamanites

to stand by the waters of Sebus to scatter the flocks of the people,

that thereby they might drive away many that were scattered unto their own land,

it being a practice of plunder among them.

Alma 18:36

Now when Ammon had said these words,

he began at the creation of the world,

and also the creation of Adam,

and told him all the things concerning the fall of man,

and rehearsed and laid before him

the records and the holy scriptures of the people,

which had been spoken by the prophets,

even down to the time that their father, Lehi, left Jerusalem.

Alma 18:41

And he began to cry unto the Lord, saying:

O Lord, have mercy;

according to thy abundant mercy

which thou hast had upon the people of Nephi,

have upon me, and my people.

Alma 19:10

And Ammon said unto her:

Blessed art thou because of thy exceeding faith;

I say unto thee, woman,

there has not been such great faith among all the people of the Nephites.

Alma 19:14

Now Ammon seeing the Spirit of the Lord poured out

according to his prayers

upon the Lamanites, his brethren,

who had been the cause of so much mourning among the Nephites,

or among all the people of God

because of their iniquities and their traditions,

he fell upon his knees,

and began to pour out his soul

in prayer and thanksgiving to God for what he had done for his brethren;

and he was also overpowered with joy;

and thus they all three had sunk to the earth.

Alma 19:17

Thus, having been converted to the Lord,

and never having made it known,

therefore, when she saw

that all the servants of Lamoni had fallen to the earth,

and also her mistress, the queen, and the king,

and Ammon lay prostrate upon the earth,

she knew that it was the power of God;

and supposing that this opportunity,

by making known unto the people what had happened among them,

that by beholding this scene

it would cause them to believe in the power of God,

therefore she ran forth from house to house, making it known unto the people.

Alma 19:19

And now the people began to murmur among themselves;

some saying that it was a great evil that had come upon them,

or upon the king and his house,

because he had suffered that the Nephite should remain in the land.

Alma 19:33

And it came to pass that when Ammon arose

he also administered unto them,

and also did all the servants of Lamoni;

and they did all declare unto the people the selfsame thing —

that their hearts had been changed;

that they had no more desire to do evil.

Alma 19:34

And behold, many did declare unto the people

that they had seen angels and had conversed with them;

and thus they had told them things of God, and of his righteousness.