“Why did Abinadi go to all the trouble of disguising himself and then promptly identify himself in his opening statement? The answer is he needed the disguise to get inside the city. The people were seeking his life, but he had been commanded of the Lord (v. 1) and put his trust in him. Later he indicates he may have had an inkling of his being put to death (vv. 13:2–9)” (Nyman, These Records Are True, 326–27).