Alma 36:17
~74 BC
1830 Edition
And it came to pass that as I was thus racked with torment, while I was harrowed up by the memory of my many sins, behold, I remembered also to have heard my father prophecy unto the people, concerning the coming of one Jesus Christ, a Son of God, to atone for the sins of the world.
Influences
Acts 25:19 (KJV)
But had certain questions against him of their own superstition, and of one Jesus, which was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive.
Changes
And it came to pass that as I was thus racked with torment, while I was harrowed up by the memory of my many sins, behold, I remembered also to have heard my father prophecsy unto the people, concerning the coming of one Jesus Christ, a Son of God, to atone for the sins of the world.
Simple English
While I was in all this pain and remembering my many sins, I also remembered something. I remembered hearing my father tell the people about Jesus Christ. Jesus is the Son of God who came to pay for the sins of the world.
Paraphrase
While I was being tortured like this, haunted by the memory of my many sins, I suddenly remembered something. I’d heard my father prophesy to the people about the coming of Jesus Christ, a Son of God, who would atone for the sins of the world.