The Book of Mormon

Alma 15:11

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~81 BC

1830 Edition

And it came to pass that when Alma had said these words, that Zeezrom leaped upon his feet, and began to walk; and this was done to the great astonishment of all the people; and the knowledge of this went forth throughout all the land of Sidom.

Influences

Mark 5:42 (KJV)
And straightway the damsel arose, and walked; for she was of the age of twelve years. And they were astonished with a great astonishment.
Luke 7:17 (KJV)
And this rumour of him went forth throughout all Judaea, and throughout all the region round about.

Changes

And it came to pass that when Alma had said these words, that Zeezrom leaped upon his feet, and began to walk; and this was done to the great astonishment of all the people; and the knowledge of this went forth throughout all the land of Sidom.

Simple English

When Alma said these words, Zeezrom jumped up on his feet. He started to walk. Everyone was very surprised. The news of this went out through all the land of Sidom.

Paraphrase

The moment Alma finished praying, Zeezrom jumped to his feet and started walking. Everyone who saw it was stunned. Word of the healing spread throughout the whole region of Sidom.

Notes

15:11

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 15:11 with Acts 14:10. Both Alma and Paul performed a similar miracle. Both the KJV and BOM use the word, "leaped."

In addition, 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.

Other 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.