Graphic Novel · Scene 17 of 18

Benjamin and an older adult man address gathered listeners.
Artwork is an interpretation of the Book of Mormon. Text is quoted from the archived English witness, not the People’s Open Bible. Earlier teaching-account interpretation. Appearance, gestures and setting are illustrative; authority is the narrator's claim, not independent divine authentication.

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The Book of Mormon

Artwork is an interpretation of the Book of Mormon. Text is quoted from the archived English witness, not the People’s Open Bible.

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    Words of Mormon 1:17

    Teaching with power and authority

    The Small Plates and the Return to Peace · Words of Mormon 1

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    17For behold, king Benjamin was a holy man, and he did reign over his people in righteousness; and there were many holy men in the land, and they did speak the word of God with power and with authority; and they did use much sharpness because of the stiffneckedness of the people—

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