The Book of Mormon

Alma 1:10

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~91 BC

1830 Edition

and the man who slew him was taken by the people of the church, and was brought before Alma, to be judged according to the crime which he had committed.

Influences

1 Peter 4:6 (KJV)
For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.

Changes

aAnd the man who slew him was taken by the people of the church, and was brought before Alma, to be judged according to the crimes which he had committed.

Simple English

The people from the church caught the man who killed him. They brought him to Alma to be judged for what he did.

Paraphrase

Church members seized the killer and brought him to Alma to face judgment.