Unit 80
it came to pass
23 occurrences in 22 verses
3 Nephi 1:1, 4, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 19, 21, 22, 23, 25, 27, 28,
3 Nephi 2:1, 3, 10, 11, 13, 14, 17
3 Nephi 1:1
Now it came to pass that the ninety and first year had passed away
and it was six hundred years from the time that Lehi left Jerusalem;
and it was in the year that Lachoneus was the chief judge
and the governor over the land.
3 Nephi 1:4
And it came to pass that in the commencement of the ninety and second year,
behold, the prophecies of the prophets began to be fulfilled more fully;
for there began to be greater signs and greater miracles wrought among the people.
3 Nephi 1:7
And it came to pass that they did make a great uproar throughout the land;
and the people who believed began to be very sorrowful,
lest by any means those things which had been spoken might not come to pass.
3 Nephi 1:9
Now it came to pass that there was a day set apart by the unbelievers,
that all those who believed in those traditions should be put to death
except the sign should come to pass, which had been given by Samuel the prophet.
3 Nephi 1:10
Now it came to pass that
when Nephi, the son of Nephi, saw this wickedness of his people,
his heart was exceedingly sorrowful.
3 Nephi 1:11
And it came to pass that he went out
and bowed himself down upon the earth,
and cried mightily to his God in behalf of his people,
yea, those who were about to be destroyed
because of their faith in the tradition of their fathers.
3 Nephi 1:12
And it came to pass that he cried mightily unto the Lord all that day;
and behold, the voice of the Lord came unto him, saying:
3 Nephi 1:15
And it came to pass that the words which came unto Nephi were fulfilled,
according as they had been spoken;
for behold, at the going down of the sun there was no darkness;
and the people began to be astonished
because there was no darkness when the night came.
3 Nephi 1:19
And it came to pass that there was no darkness in all that night,
but it was as light as though it was mid-day.
And it came to pass that the sun did rise in the morning again,
according to its proper order;
and they knew that it was the day that the Lord should be born,
because of the sign which had been given.
3 Nephi 1:21
And it came to pass also that a new star did appear, according to the word.
3 Nephi 1:22
And it came to pass that from this time forth
there began to be lyings sent forth among the people, by Satan,
to harden their hearts,
to the intent that they might not believe
in those signs and wonders which they had seen;
but notwithstanding these lyings and deceivings
the more part of the people did believe, and were converted unto the Lord.
3 Nephi 1:23
And it came to pass that
Nephi went forth among the people, and also many others,
baptizing unto repentance, in the which there was a great remission of sins.
And thus the people began again to have peace in the land.
3 Nephi 1:25
But it came to pass that they soon became converted,
and were convinced of the error which they were in,
for it was made known unto them that the law was not yet fulfilled,
and that it must be fulfilled in every whit;
yea, the word came unto them that it must be fulfilled;
yea, that one jot or tittle should not pass away till it should all be fulfilled;
therefore in this same year were they brought to a knowledge of their error
and did confess their faults.
3 Nephi 1:27
And it came to pass that the ninety and third year did also pass away in peace,
save it were for the Gadianton robbers, who dwelt upon the mountains,
who did infest the land;
for so strong were their holds and their secret places
that the people could not overpower them;
therefore they did commit many murders,
and did do much slaughter among the people.
3 Nephi 1:28
And it came to pass that in the ninety and fourth year
they began to increase in a great degree,
because there were many dissenters of the Nephites who did flee unto them,
which did cause much sorrow unto those Nephites who did remain in the land.
3 Nephi 2:1
And it came to pass that thus passed away the ninety and fifth year also,
and the people began to forget those signs and wonders which they had heard,
and began to be less and less astonished at a sign or a wonder from heaven,
insomuch that they began to be hard in their hearts, and blind in their minds,
and began to disbelieve all which they had heard and seen —
3 Nephi 2:3
And it came to pass that
the people began to wax strong in wickedness and abominations;
and they did not believe that there should be any more signs or wonders given;
and Satan did go about, leading away the hearts of the people,
tempting them and causing them that they should do great wickedness in the land.
3 Nephi 2:10
And it came to pass that the people did still remain in wickedness,
notwithstanding the much preaching and prophesying which was sent among them;
and thus passed away the tenth year also;
and the eleventh year also passed away in iniquity.
3 Nephi 2:11
And it came to pass in the thirteenth year
there began to be wars and contentions throughout all the land;
for the Gadianton robbers had become so numerous,
and did slay so many of the people,
and did lay waste so many cities,
and did spread so much death and carnage throughout the land,
that it became expedient that all the people,
both the Nephites and the Lamanites,
should take up arms against them.
3 Nephi 2:13
And it came to pass that before this thirteenth year had passed away
the Nephites were threatened with utter destruction
because of this war, which had become exceedingly sore.
3 Nephi 2:14
And it came to pass that
those Lamanites who had united with the Nephites
were numbered among the Nephites;
3 Nephi 2:17
And it came to pass in the commencement of the fourteenth year,
the war between the robbers and the people of Nephi did continue
and did become exceedingly sore;
nevertheless, the people of Nephi did gain some advantage of the robbers,
insomuch that they did drive them back out of their lands
into the mountains and into their secret places.
