After two years of keeping a low profile, Abinadi returns to the work of the prophet—calling people to repentance. Interestingly, he disguises himself and yet quickly blows his disguise by telling them who he is, Thus has the Lord commanded me, saying—Abinadi. Why would Abinadi disclose his name while in disguise? There is no explanation for this apparent incongruity.
The Book of Mormon is the most correct book on the earth. Yet, we still find small, insignificant incongruities and grammatical problems. This underscores what Joseph Smith meant by the phrase “most correct book.” Doctrinally speaking, the book has no errors. Spiritually speaking, no false concepts are taught. Everything in the book is designed to bring the reader closer to the Lord—closer to his way of thinking, closer to his purity, closer to his powerful atonement. The Book of Mormon has its own warning to its critics. Speaking of those who take advantage of the Book of Mormon’s small incongruities, the Lord told Moroni, Fools mock, but they shall mourn (Ether 12:26).