“Filled with the Holy Ghost, these servants of God went forth and valiantly delivered their terrible message. They were strengthened and preserved by power from on High. So greatly were they guarded by heavenly care, that by the grace of God ‘they could not be confined in dungeons; neither was it possible that any man could slay them.’ In spite of the extreme sufferings they endured, and the gentleness of their ways—they having sensibilities most keen and feelings most poignant—they shunned using their powers until, as a demonstration of God’s fearsome strength, [they] burst the bands that when in prison held them tight [Alma 14:10–11, 17–29]” (Reynolds and Sjodahl, Commentary on the Book of Mormon, 3:152).