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| − | Some claim that Helaman 12:25 quotes John 5:29:
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| − | :And I would that all men might be saved. But we read that in the great and last day there are some who shall be cast out, yea, who shall be cast off from the presence of the Lord. ({{s||Helaman|12|25}})
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| − | It is claimed that the "reading" referred to is from John:
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| − | :And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.({{b||John|5:29}})
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| − | The problem with this is that Helaman doesn't really sound a whole lot like the John 5 (it isn't quoting it). The issue is over the word "read" that is used to force the connection. The problem is that Helaman is likely referring to an entirely different text that was available to him. One possible source comes from {{s||Alma|22|6}} (a story that was certainly available at the time of Helaman):
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| − | :"And also, what is this that Ammon said—If ye will repent ye shall be saved, and if ye will not repent, ye shall be cast off at the last day?"
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| − | While Helaman doesn't use the "resurrection of life" and "resurrection of damnation" that is found in John, it does use the "shall be cast off" and "the last day". Now it isn't exact either, and its quite likely that it isn't a direct quote of this passage. The real beginning of this teaching in the Book of Mormon comes in 2 Nephi 2, in particular in verse 26:
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| − | :"And the Messiah cometh in the fulness of time, that he may redeem the children of men from the fall. And because that they are redeemed from the fall they have become free forever, knowing good from evil; to act for themselves and not to be acted upon, save it be by the punishment of the law at the great and last day, according to the commandments which God hath given." ({{s|2|Nephi|2|26}})
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| − | Mormon also uses this passage when he writes in {{s||Words of Mormon|1|11}}:
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| − | :"And they were handed down from king Benjamin, from generation to generation until they have fallen into my hands. And I, Mormon, pray to God that they may be preserved from this time henceforth. And I know that they will be preserved; for there are great things written upon them, out of which my people and their brethren shall be judged at the great and last day, according to the word of God which is written."
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| − | Since we have in Alma 22:6, the missionary Aaron quoting Alma (the Younger), it seems likely that this was an idea that was taught commonly among the Nephites. This is confirmed by the other passages cited. So whether or not we have the source in one of these passages that Helaman is referring to, you can see how the passage in Helaman reflects a Nephite theology and not a New Testament theology.
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| − | Thus, the claim of plagiarism seems forced, since there are Nephite texts which more closely approximate the citation than does the gospel of John.
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