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Alma 38:9 · Mosiah 16:9

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Book of Mormon Alma 38:9
"Behold, he is the life and the light of the world"
Book of Mormon Mosiah 16:9
"He is the light and the life of the world"

Shared words: of the world

Abinadi's title for Christ reused in Alma's testament to Shiblon, the two halves swapped: 'life and the light' (Alma) vs 'light and the life' (Abinadi). The formula recurs at the advent: the risen Lord names himself 'the light and the life of the world' at 3 Nephi 9:18 and 11:11; the Alma/Abinadi inversion remains the pre-advent pair. Inversion reported as textual fact; nothing claimed about the swap's meaning. Provenance: Mosiah 17:4.

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