Ether 9:22 Textual Variants

Royal Skousen
yea and he even saw the [Son 1BCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST|son A] of [Righteousness 1EFIJLMNOQRT|righteousness ABCDGHKPS] and did rejoice and glory in his day

As explained under 2 Nephi 26:9, the critical text will emend “the Son of righteousness” to “the Sun of righteousness”, an alternative name for the Savior. (Malachi’s use of this term is found in 3 Nephi 25:2, when Jesus quoted Malachi 3–4 to the Nephites.)

Analysis of Textual Variants of the Book of Mormon, Part. 6

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