Zeezrom had been one of Alma and Amulek’s accusers in the beginning, but he heard what they said, and began to believe. As one who had opposed the true word of God and then understood that word, Zeezrom “began to be harrowed up under a consciousness of his own guilt.” This was the very same thing which had happened to Alma when he, too, had preached against the word of God and had come to a realization of his guilt. Alma’s experience involved an angel. Zeezrom’s involved two witnesses sent by an angel. The intensity of the experience might have differed, but the conversion was the same. The first stage of conversion was the absolute understanding of where Alma or Zeezrom had taught incorrectly. That overpowering feeling grounded their change of heart.
Zeezrom’s conversion is then contrasted with the persistence of the people in condemning the true word of God. As there were many more of the unbelieving people, they exercised their majority right by expelling Zeezrom and any others who had believed upon Alma and Amulek’s words. The throwing of stones appears to have been to encourage them to leave. We will see these people again in Chapter 15. Others were martyred in a much more gruesome manner.