According to Rodney Turner, while critics claim that Abinadi's reference to the grave's "victory" and death's "sting" (Mosiah 16:7-8) is an anachronism, they do not realize that the language of the scripture is the universal language of the Holy Spirit. It has been "spoken" by servants of God from eternity so as to bind all inspired scripture into one harmonious body of truth. Indeed, certain words and phrases constitute deliberate links in a revelatory chain. These links, when followed, lead to a deeper, more accurate understanding of a given doctrine or principle. The Apostle Paul also spoke with the tongue--or in the language--of the angels. (See 2 Nephi 32:2-3) That is why he, too, used the same moving expressions in testifying of the risen Lord. (See also Hosea 13:14.) [Rodney Turner, "Two Prophets: Abinadi and Alma," in Studies in Scripture: Book of Mormon, Part 1, p. 249, 258]