“He Is the Same Yesterday, Today, and Forever”

Brant Gardner

Redaction: This verse is a side-explanation. Because Nephi is writing his records well after the Lehites’ arrival in the New World, he is presenting “old history.” Nevertheless, this experience is still vital to him. Speaking as a prophet, he makes a current-time (and future-time) statement about the Atoning Messiah that he learned during the experience he will next relate.

Second Witness: Analytical & Contextual Commentary on the Book of Mormon, Vol. 1

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