- Upon hearing Nephi’s prophecy, five men run to the judgment seat to verify Nephi’s words.
- The five men arrive at the judgment seat, and find that the judge is indeed dead—they are shocked, and fall to the ground, convulsing.
- Other people arrive, and see the dead judge, and five men on the ground; they assume that the five men are the murderers.
- The people proclaim that the judge has been murdered and the guilty party is in custody.
- The next day, at the funeral, the corrupt officials who opposed Nephi the day before ask the people what happened to the five men that were sent to verify Nephi’s words.
- The people reply that know nothing of five men sent to verify Nephi’s words, but that five men were in custody for killing the judge.
- The officials summon the five prisoners, who explain that the judge was dead upon their arrival, and that Nephi’s words are true.
- The officials determine that Nephi must have been a co–conspirator in the plot to kill the judge.
- The five men are freed, but they oppose the accusations against Nephi.