Unit 80

time

8 occurrences in 8 verses

3 Nephi 1:1, 5, 6, 13, 14, 22,

3 Nephi 2:7, 8

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 1:5

But there were some who began to say

that the time was past for the words to be fulfilled,

which were spoken by Samuel, the Lamanite.

3 Nephi 1:6

And they began to rejoice over their brethren, saying:

Behold the time is past, and the words of Samuel are not fulfilled;

therefore, your joy and your faith concerning this thing hath been vain.

3 Nephi 1:13

Lift up your head and be of good cheer;

for behold, the time is at hand,

and on this night shall the sign be given,

and on the morrow come I into the world,

to show unto the world that I will fulfil all that

which I have caused to be spoken by the mouth of my holy prophets.

3 Nephi 1:14

Behold, I come unto my own,

to fulfil all things which I have made known unto the children of men

from the foundation of the world,

and to do the will, both of the Father and of the Son —

of the Father because of me,

and of the Son because of my flesh.

And behold, the time is at hand,

and this night shall the sign be given.

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 2:7

And nine years had passed away from the time

when the sign was given, which was spoken of by the prophets,

that Christ should come into the world.

3 Nephi 2:8

Now the Nephites began to reckon their time

from this period when the sign was given, or from the coming of Christ;

therefore, nine years had passed away.