The Book of Mormon

1 Nephi 10:4

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Yea, even six hundred years from the time that my father left Jerusalem, a Prophet would the Lord God raise up among the Jews; yea, even a Messiah; or, in other words, a Saviour of the world.

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Yea, even six hundred years from the time that my father left Jerusalem, a Pprophet would the Lord God raise up among the Jews; yea, —even a Messiah;, or, in other words, a Saviour of the world.

Simple English

Six hundred years from when my father left Jerusalem, the Lord God would send a prophet among the Jews. This would be a Messiah, or in other words, a Savior of the world.

Paraphrase

Six hundred years after we left Jerusalem, God would raise up a prophet among the Jews—the Messiah, the Savior of the world.