The Book of Mormon

3 Nephi 15:23

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~AD 34

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and they understood me not that I said they shall hear my voice; and they understood me not that the Gentiles should not at any time hear my voice; that I should not manifest myself unto them, save it were by the Holy Ghost.

Influences

Ephesians 3:6 (KJV)
That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:
Hebrews 4:13 (KJV)
Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

Changes

aAnd they understood me not that I said they shall hear my voice; and they understood me not that the Gentiles should not at any time hear my voice; —that I should not manifest myself unto them, save it were by the Holy Ghost.

Simple English

They didn’t understand when I said those sheep will hear my voice. They didn’t understand that the Gentiles would never hear my voice. They didn’t understand that I would not show myself to the Gentiles except through the Holy Spirit.

Paraphrase

They didn’t understand when I said 'they’ll hear my voice.' They didn’t grasp that the Gentiles would never hear my voice directly—that I would only reveal myself to them through the Holy Spirit.