“What was the thrust of their challenge? It appears that the priests intended, by their direct examination of Abinadi, to catch him in conflict with that scripture [Isaiah 52:7–10] and thereby convict him of false prophecy—a capital offence under the law of Moses (see Deuteronomy 18:20). In essence, they were apparently asking Abinadi why he bore tidings of doom and destruction when Isaiah had declared that the beautiful and true prophet brings good tidings and publishes peace” (Welch, “Isaiah 53, Mosiah 14, and the Book of Mormon,” 294).