3 Nephi 28:21

~AD 34

1830 Edition

And thrice they were cast into a furnace, and received no harm.

Influences

Matthew 13:42 (KJV)
And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

Changes

And thrice they were cast into a furnace, and received no harm.

Simple English

Three times they were thrown into a furnace. They were not hurt.

Paraphrase

Three times they were thrown into a furnace and came out unharmed.

Notes

28:21-22

"The Book of Mormon also borrows from Old Testament books written after 600 B.C. For instance, the Book of Daniel seems to have had some influence on the Book of Mormon. When Shadrach, Meshack and Abednego were cast into the 'fiery furnace,' they were seen 'walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt;... (Daniel 3:25). The Book of Mormon tells that Nephi and Lehi 'were encircled about as if by fire,' and they were 'as standing in the midst of fire, and were not burned' (Helaman 5:23). Later in the Book of Mormon it tells of Nephites who 'were cast into a furnace' and also, like Daniel, thrown into 'a den of wild beasts' (3 Nephi 28:21-22). In the book of Daniel we read that a hand wrote upon the wall and that Daniel interpreted the writing (Daniel 5:5). In the Book of Mormon we read that Aminadi 'interpreted the writing which was upon the wall of the temple, whcih was written by the finger of God' (Alma 10:2)." -Jerald and Sandra Tanner, Joseph Smith's Plagiarism of the Bible in the Book of Mormon, p. 20.