“The turbulent story of a great missionary episode here comes to a gentle close. The anguish through which Alma and Amulek had passed had knit them inseparably together. Their joint missionary activities had been plentifully rewarded. Their harvest had been rich; their influence for good, almost limitless. Alma and Amulek, through the tears of affliction, could look into their hearts and find great joy” (Reynolds and Sjodahl, Commentary on the Book of Mormon, 3:231–32).