Helaman 16:14 · Alma 13:24
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Stated fulfillment: Alma's expectation that the coming would be announced by angels (framed as awaited at Alma 13:25, 'we only wait to hear the joyful news declared unto us by the mouth of angels') is reported as accomplished. Verbal contact is the angel-declaration ('angels did appear… and did declare' / 'angels are declaring it'). Helaman 16:13's 'the words of the prophets began to be fulfilled' and 16:14's 'the scriptures began to be fulfilled' are the record auditing its own prophecy, in the narrator's voice (fact). The formula 'glad tidings of great joy' is the third contact in the chain: it is the angel's exact phrase to king Benjamin (Mosiah 3:3, the source) — the five-word string occurs at exactly three places in the corpus: Mosiah 3:3, Alma 13:22, Helaman 16:14. king-benjamin.md cross-link.