Talk:Ether 13:21-25

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Verse 27: Prophesy[edit]

This verse seems to state that Ether would be alive with Coriantumr when he is found in the book of Omni. But then in the last chapter of Ether, it states that all of the Lords words had been fulfilled, yet i still don't see how Ether saw the Nephites possess this land. Does anyone have any insight into this passage? --Tyboojwa 14 Apr 2006

Good question. Ether 15:33 says that Ether wrote that "the words of the Lord had all been fulfilled" and yet Ether doesn't witness (or at least mention) that Coriantumr saw "another people receiving the land"—this prophesy seems to be fulfilled in Omni 1:26, but Ether doesn't mention it.
One view might be that when Ether "beheld that the words of the Lord had all been fulfilled" (Ether 15:34), Ether witnessed the people of Zarahemla discover Coriantumr. This is reading a bit into the text, but would seem to resolve the issue. Another view might be that the prophecy in verse 21 only consists of the first sentence—that Coriantumr's household would all be destroyed except himself—and that the rest of the verse is an editorial comment by a later redactor.
--RobertC 00:25, 18 Apr 2006 (UTC)