Verses 31 through 33 are copied from Alma’s record. Alma himself provided the linking narration which will lead to the next copied sermon. After finishing his sermon, it is understandable that the people would be angry with him. He has rather severely criticized and condemned them, even though he offered them repentance. The people appear not to have believed that they needed repentance, but rather needed to be rid of Alma. They attempt to take him but are unable to.
In the header to this chapter, Mormon indicated that Alma and Amulek would be cast into prison and miraculously freed. This is not the occasion referenced in the header, because Alma was not taken to prison.
Verse 34 is Mormon’s transitional narrative. Mormon indicates that he is continuing to copy from the record of Alma, and that he is abridging it. Thus, he provides the direct link to the next included sermon, rather than writing everything that might have happened in between this sermon and the next one, which begins in the next chapter.
This chapter was retained just as it appeared in the 1830 edition. Thus, this ending is from Mormon’s plates, rather than from Orson Pratt’s revisions. It is possible that the chapter ends due to a chapter ending in Alma’s record. We will see that more clearly later in the material that Mormon copies about Alma and Amulek’s preaching.