The Book of Mormon

Alma 14:25

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~82 BC

1830 Edition

And it came to pass that they all went forth and smote them, saying the same words, even until the last; and when the last had spoken unto them, the power of God was upon Alma and Amulek, and they arose and stood upon their feet;

Influences

Revelation 11:11 (KJV)
And after three days and an half the spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.

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And it came to pass that they all went forth and smote them, saying the same words, even until the last; and when the last had spoken unto them, the power of God was upon Alma and Amulek, and they arose and stood upon their feet;.

Simple English

All of them came and hit them and said the same words, even the last one. When the last person finished speaking, the power of God came on Alma and Amulek. They stood up on their feet.

Paraphrase

One by one, they all came forward and struck them, repeating the same challenge. When the last person finished speaking, the power of God came upon Alma and Amulek. They stood up.

Notes

14:22-28

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.