“Having failed to cross up Abinadi, one of the priests asks the meaning of Isaiah 52:7–10 (Mosiah 12:21–24). This question, on the good tidings that bring peace, opened the door for Abinadi to leave the priests without excuse for their teachings to their people. At the same time Abinadi was magnifying his priesthood (see Jacob 1:19). Abinadi does not answer the question of the meaning of the Isaiah passage at this time, but he does so later” (Nyman, These Records Are True, 329–30).