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Questions

Verse 1

• How did Alma view Amulek's role as his companion? Why does he speak of "tak[ing] Amulek?" Is this the language of God, or Alma's interpretation of it?

Verse 2

• What does although mean here?
• What are the people talking about here? Why are they talking about the earth passing away? Are they responding to something that Alma has said, or where does this come from?

Verse 3

• What does Alma mean when he says that the earth should pass away? Why would he even record this little exchange with the people of Ammonihah?

Verse 4

• Why wouldn't the people of Ammonihah believe Alma?
• Why do the people say they won't believe Alma if he "shouldst prophesy that this great city should be destroyed in one day"? Was this a response to something Alma had said?

Verse 5

• What does Alma mean by "hard-hearted" and "stiffnecked"? What scriptural precedences provide insight into these terms?

Lexical notes

• The although in verse 2 has confused some readers. To make sense of although here read it as even though (see the Oxford English Dictionary). Today we might say even if in place of even though. Under this interpretation the people are saying something like "do you expect us to believe something only one person tells us no matter how crazy it is?" See Mark 14:29 for another reference in the scriptures to where although is used to mean "even though" or "even if."

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