Who was Nephi conversing with in this vision?

Thomas R. Valletta

It is unknown whether the “Spirit” referred to in this verse is the Holy Ghost or the premortal personage of Jesus Christ (see McConkie, Mormon Doctrine, 752; Mortal Messiah, 1:413–14; Talmage, Articles of Faith, 159–60; Roberts, Seventy’s Course in Theology, 5:60n2). After examining various interpretations, one Latter-day Saint scholar noted: “In not a single passage where it occurs can there be shown a clear-cut example favoring the interpretation that it represents the pre-existent Christ instead of the Holy Ghost” (Sperry, Problems of the Book of Mormon, 29).

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