“Hearest Him Revile Against This People and Against Our Law?”

W. Cleon Skousen

Nephi probably surmised that among this fairly large group of people who had assembled near his garden wall there were probably a few Gadianton officials. And so there were. They immediately made their presence known.

There is nothing that makes a corrupt politician more angry than to have someone expose his connection with vice and crime. That is why these Gadiantons angrily attack the words of Nephi.

Treasures from the Book of Mormon

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