Alma 14:23
1830 Edition
And it came to pass after they had thus suffered for many days, (and it was on the twelfth day, in the tenth month, in the tenth year of the reign of the Judges over the people of Nephi,) that the Chief Judge over the land of Ammonihah, and many of their teachers and their Lawyers, went in unto the prison where Alma and Amulek was bound with cords.
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Simple English
After they suffered like this for many days, on the twelfth day of the tenth month in the tenth year of the judges over the people of Nephi, the chief judge and many teachers and lawyers went into the prison. They went to where Alma and Amulek were tied up with ropes.
Paraphrase
After many days of suffering—it was the twelfth day of the tenth month in the tenth year of the judges—the chief judge of Ammonihah, along with many teachers and lawyers, went to the prison where Alma and Amulek were tied up.
Notes
In Joseph Smith's Plagiarism of the Bible in the Book of Mormon, Jerald and Sandra Tanner list at least 17 significant parallels between the Apostle Paul in the Bible and Alma in the Book of Mormon.
Compare Alma 14:22 with Acts 16:23—both Alma and Paul were cast into prison. Compare Alma 14:26 with Acts 16:25—both men prayed to the Lord while imprisoned. Compare Alma 14:27 with Acts 16:26—in each account, a great earthquake occurs. Finally, compare Alma 14:28 with Acts 16:26—in both cases, the prisoners’ bands were loosed.
Additional parallels between Paul and Alma can be found in Mosiah 27:8; Alma 36:6; Alma 36:14; Mosiah 27:10–11; Mosiah 27:12; Mosiah 27:13; Mosiah 27:19; Mosiah 27:23–24; Mosiah 27:32; Alma 30:32; and Alma 15:11.