Some Questions to Think about as You Study Samuel’s Speech

What strikes you as impressive about the courage and powerful words of this Lamanite convert?
How well did Samuel know and use the scriptures (13:1; 14:12; 15:11; and many more)?
What can we learn today from Samuel’s words about the unrighteous behaviors and bad attitudes of the unrighteous Nephites about wealth (13:18–23), about casting out the prophets (13:24–29), and about their poor social attitudes toward the Lamanites (15:3–14)?
What does it really mean to be "free"? What makes us "free"? Why would being "free" have been a topic of special interest to Samuel and his people at this time? (14:30–31; 15:8).
What did Samuel prophesy would happen within 400 years? Why might that number (which is 20 x 20) have been symbolically significant? (And notice that Mormon remembers this prophecy in particular, Mormon 1:19).
What did Samuel prophesy would happen in (or after) 5 more years? (14:2–6).
Did he say when the signs of Christ’s death would be given? (14:20–29).
Do you think Samuel’s prophecies were "reasonable"? Why did some people think they were not? (16:18–19). Should a person believe only that which is "reasonable"?