Unit 94

and they

21 occurrences in 14 verses

4 Nephi 1:1, 3, 11, 12, 26, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 36, 38, 39, 41

4 Nephi 1:1

And it came to pass that the thirty and fourth year passed away,

and also the thirty and fifth,

and behold the disciples of Jesus had formed a church of Christ

in all the lands round about.

And as many as did come unto them, and did truly repent of their sins,

were baptized in the name of Jesus;

and they did also receive the Holy Ghost.

4 Nephi 1:3

and they had all things common among them;

therefore there were not rich and poor, bond and free,

but they were all made free, and partakers of the heavenly gift.

4 Nephi 1:11

and they were married, and given in marriage,

and were blessed according to the multitude of the promises

which the Lord had made unto them.

4 Nephi 1:12

and they did not walk any more

after the performances and ordinances of the law of Moses;

but they did walk after the commandments

which they had received from their Lord and their God,

continuing in fasting and prayer, and in meeting together oft

both to pray and to hear the word of the Lord.

4 Nephi 1:26

and they began to be divided into classes;

and they began to build up churches unto themselves to get gain,

and began to deny the true church of Christ.

4 Nephi 1:29

And again, there was another church which denied the Christ;

and they did persecute the true church of Christ,

because of their humility and their belief in Christ;

and they did despise them because of the many miracles

which were wrought among them.

4 Nephi 1:30

Therefore they did exercise power and authority

over the disciples of Jesus who did tarry with them,

and they did cast them into prison;

but by the power of the word of God, which was in them,

the prisons were rent in twain,

and they went forth doing mighty miracles among them.

4 Nephi 1:32

and they did cast them into furnaces of fire,

and they came forth receiving no harm.

4 Nephi 1:33

and they also cast them into dens of wild beasts,

and they did play with the wild beasts even as a child with a lamb;

and they did come forth from among them, receiving no harm.

4 Nephi 1:34

Nevertheless, the people did harden their hearts,

for they were led by many priests and false prophets

to build up many churches, and to do all manner of iniquity.

and they did smite upon the people of Jesus;

but the people of Jesus did not smite again.

And thus they did dwindle in unbelief and wickedness, from year to year,

even until two hundred and thirty years had passed away.

4 Nephi 1:36

And it came to pass that in this year

there arose a people who were called the Nephites,

and they were true believers in Christ;

and among them there were those who were called by the Lamanites —

Jacobites, and Josephites, and Zoramites;

4 Nephi 1:38

And it came to pass that they who rejected the gospel

were called Lamanites, and Lemuelites, and Ishmaelites;

and they did not dwindle in unbelief,

but they did wilfully rebel against the gospel of Christ;

and they did teach their children that they should not believe,

even as their fathers, from the beginning, did dwindle.

4 Nephi 1:39

And it was because of the wickedness and abomination of their fathers,

even as it was in the beginning.

and they were taught to hate the children of God,

even as the Lamanites were taught

to hate the children of Nephi from the beginning.

4 Nephi 1:41

and they did still continue to build up churches unto themselves,

and adorn them with all manner of precious things.

And thus did two hundred and fifty years pass away,

and also two hundred and sixty years.