Alma 5:45 Textual Variants

behold I testify unto you that I do know [that 1ABCDEFGIJLMNOPQRST| HK] these things whereof I have spoken are true

The 1874 RLDS edition removed the second that in this sentence, probably unintentionally. Nearby, in verse 48, there are two cases where that occurs both before and after the verb know. And in each case, the repeated that has never been removed from the text:

Alma 5:48
- I say unto you that I know of myself that whatsoever I shall say unto you concerning that which is to come is true and I say unto you that I know that Jesus Christ shall come

More generally, when the verb know is followed by a finite clause, the that is optional; see, for instance, the statistics given under 1 Nephi 1:3. Also see the general discussion under that in volume 3.

Summary: Maintain the original occurrence of that after the verb know in Alma 5:45 (and elsewhere in the text whenever it is supported by the earliest textual sources).

Analysis of Textual Variants of the Book of Mormon, Part. 3

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