1 Nephi 11:33
~600–592 BC
1830 Edition
And I, Nephi, saw that he was lifted up upon the cross, and slain for the sins of the world.
Influences
John 19:31 (KJV)
The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
1 John 2:2 (KJV)
And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
Changes
And I, Nephi, saw that he was lifted up upon the cross, and slain for the sins of the world.
Simple English
I, Nephi, saw that he was lifted up on the cross and killed for the sins of the world.
Paraphrase
I saw him lifted up on a cross and killed for the world’s sins.