Alma 9:7
~82 BC
1830 Edition
And they stood forth to lay their hands on me; behold, they did not. And I stood with boldness to declare unto them, yea, I did boldly testify unto them, saying:
Influences
Luke 21:12 (KJV)
But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake.
Acts 4:31 (KJV)
And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.
Changes
And they stood forth to lay their hands on me; but behold, they did not. And I stood with boldness to declare unto them, yea, I did boldly testify unto them, saying:
Simple English
They stepped forward to grab me. But they did not. I stood with boldness to tell them the truth. I spoke to them with boldness. I said:
Paraphrase
They moved forward to grab me—but they didn’t. I stood there boldly and testified to them: