The Book of Mormon

Alma 16:19

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~81 BC

1830 Edition

holding forth things which must shortly come; yea, holding forth the coming of the Son of God, his sufferings and death, and also the resurrection of the dead.

Influences

Revelation 1:1 (KJV)
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
Matthew 24:27 (KJV)
For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

Changes

hHolding forth things which must shortly come; yea, holding forth the coming of the Son of God, his sufferings and death, and also the resurrection of the dead.

Simple English

They taught about things that would happen soon. They taught about the coming of the Son of God, his suffering and death, and also the rising of the dead.

Paraphrase

They proclaimed what would soon happen—the coming of the Son of God, his suffering and death, and the resurrection of the dead.