Why did Nephi appeal to many Old Testament prophets as witnesses of Christ?

Thomas R. Valletta

“Here is one of the best passages in all of scripture on proving Christ. … Nephi, along with all other prophets, rejoiced in the coming of Christ and delighted to show the evidence of his imminent mission and ministry … .

“Nephi gave us the most detailed list of those who testified of the coming of the Son of God: Moses, Abraham, Zenos, Zenock, Ezias, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lehi and Nephi, ‘and almost all of our fathers have testified of the coming of Christ.’ We have, indeed, received ‘so many witnesses’” (Ogden and Skinner, Book of Mormon, 2:92–93) .

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