I just realized why Nephi was given to prophesy about the murder of the chief judge – it was an immediately verifiable prophecy to reinforce the prophecy concerning the Messiah that couldn’t be immediately verified. This was a parallel to the prophecies of Jeremiah about the fall of Jerusalem and the coming Messiah.
I also wondered tonight whether the judges crying against Nephi – who were part of the band of Gadianton – knew the chef judge or his brother. Some of them might even have known about the plot to murder the chief judge.
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