Alma 41:5 Textual Variants

Here in verse 5, Oliver Cowdery miscopied the original manuscript’s restored as raised. Except for the ed at the end of the word, restored is extant in 𝓞. The two words restored and raised are visually similar; moreover, the error was probably prompted by the two occurrences of raised in the last half of the preceding verse, especially the second occurrence because of its reference to happiness:

• Alma 41:4
  • mortality raised to immortality / corruption to incorruption raised to endless happiness

On the other hand, the preceding text in Alma 41 consistently has restored, not raised:

• Alma 41:2–4
  • that all things should be restored to their proper order … that the soul of man should be restored to its body and that every part of the body should be restored to itself … that they should also at the last day be restored unto that which is good and if his works are evil / they shall be restored unto him for evil therefore all things shall be restored to its proper order

Here in Alma 41:5, the critical text will follow the reading in 𝓞, restored.