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Joseph Smith—History 1:65 · 2 Nephi 27:18

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Pearl of Great Price Joseph Smith—History 1:65
"I informed him that part of the plates were sealed, and that I was forbidden to bring them. He replied, 'I cannot read a sealed book.'"
Book of Mormon 2 Nephi 27:18
"Then shall the learned say: I cannot read it."

Scene-identification, offered to weigh. 2 Nephi 27 foretells a sealed book shown to a learned man who cannot read it (27:15-18), the task then passing to the unlearned (27:19); Joseph Smith—History narrates a learned man shown the characters who, told the plates are sealed, says 'I cannot read a sealed book' (1:65). Matching scene-shape (learned man / sealed book / refusal to read); the learned's words at 27:18 are 'I cannot read it' alone ('for it is sealed' is 27:17, spoken by 'the man'), and the account does not cite the prophecy. Text-to-text mapping only; real-world identity of the persons is out of scope. Interpretive. Book-of-Mormon side hosted on coming-forth-of-scripture.md.