Alma 18:18 Textual Variants

The 1858 Wright edition added the subject pronoun he to the conjoined predicate “said unto him”, probably accidentally. Elsewhere in the text, when referring to opening one’s mouth, conjoined predicates always lack a subject:

• Mosiah 4:4 and king Benjamin again opened his mouth and began to speak unto them
• Alma 12:1 he opened his mouth and began to speak unto him
• Helaman 7:13 and it came to pass that he opened his mouth and said unto them

The last example, from Helaman 7:13, is very similar in phraseology to the example here in Alma 18:18. The 1908 RLDS edition removed the intrusive he here in Alma 18:18.