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In the Book of Mormon, Nephi (/ ˈ n iː f aɪ / NEE-fy) is a Nephite prophet whom Jesus calls as a disciple. Nephi's ministry was centered on Christ, and included prophesying of His birth, working miracles in His name, witnessing His visitation to the Americas after the Resurrection, and administering His church after He had ascended.
Nephi also mentions having sisters, though he does not give their names or birth orders. Little is known about Nephi's children. Religious scholar Grant Hardy suggests that all of Nephi's children may have been daughters at the time of passing on the record, or that his sons were influenced by Laman and Lemuel; his speculations are based on the fact that Nephi says he has children yet passes ...
This is an incomplete table containing prophets, sometimes called messengers, ... Nephi, son of Lehi ... Books of the Bible; List of burial places of Abrahamic figures;
The following prophets (or in some cases, simply people who kept the record and passed it to future generations) are those mentioned in the plates of Nephi (1 Nephi through Omni). Lehi 1, father of Laman 1, Lemuel, Nephi 1, Sam, Jacob 2, Joseph 2, and several daughters (c. 600 BC). [1] Nephi 1, third son of Lehi 1 (c. 600 BC). [2]
Neum (/ ˈ n iː ə m /), [219] Hebrew prophet, quoted by Nephi 1, who prophesied Christ's crucifixion. By metaphor, the Biblical prophet Nahum's foretelling of the destruction of Nineveh (c. 612 BC) may be that same prophecy referenced by Nephi 1. [220] Nimrah (/ ˈ n ɪ m r ɑː /), [221] Jaredite son of Akish, maternal grandson of Jared 3 ...
Nephi's brother Jacob explains that subsequent kings bore the title "Nephi". The people having loved Nephi exceedingly… were desirous to retain in remembrance his name. And whoso should reign in his stead were called by the people second Nephi, third Nephi, and so forth, according to the reigns of the kings; and thus they were called by the ...
First Nephi is a first-person narrative of events that the narrative itself reports were recorded on a set of objects referred to by Mormons as the Plates of Nephi by the prophet Nephi. [2] The beginning part of First Nephi consists of Nephi's abridgement of his father Lehi's record [clarification needed] (1 Nephi 1–9). The next section is ...
When Nephi returns home, he correctly identifies the murderer of the chief judge using his prophetic powers, and sends a famine to the Nephite which lasts three years. After a digression from Mormon, the book of Helaman ends with Samuel the Lamanite's prophecy of the signs that will precede Christ's birth and death.