2 Nephi 27:20


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20 Then shall the Lord God say unto him: The learned shall not read them, for they have rejected them, and I am able to do mine own work; wherefore thou shalt read the words which I shall give unto thee.

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They Have Rejected Them

This is not solely a reference to professor Anthon, since the plural pronoun they is used. The reference suggests a mind-set of most of the learned of the world, who, by and large, do not take the Book of Mormon seriously. Even when they read it, they do not really read it, except with a mind-set which excludes miracles, including the miracle of the book’s coming forth by the “gift and power of God.”

Neal A. Maxwell, First Nephi, The Doctrinal Foundation, ed. Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate, Jr. [Provo: BYU Religious Studies Center, 1988], 9

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