Alma 28:6
~87 BC
1830 Edition
And now surely this was a sorrowful day; yea, a time of solemnity, and a time of much fasting and prayer:
Influences
1 Corinthians 7:5 (KJV)
Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
Changes
And now surely this was a sorrowful day; yea, a time of solemnity, and a time of much fasting and prayer:.
Simple English
This was a very sad day. It was a serious time. It was a time of much fasting and prayer.
Paraphrase
It was a heartbreaking time—a solemn season of fasting and prayer.