This section of Chapter 10 is about John the Baptist. Verse 7 says that he will be a prophet and shall come before Jesus does His ministry and prepare the people to receive Him. John the Baptist would proclaim that there is one among them that is not well known yet, but who's shoe latchet even he is not worth to unloose. Then Nephi shares that Lehi spoke much about this John.
Next, Lehi prophesies that this John will baptize the Savior with water. In Verse 10, John would then finish his ministry proclaiming that he was the one that baptized the Savior, the one who would take away the sins of the world. Think about the statement that Christ would take away the sins of the world. The people needed to be prepared for such a person. How would Christ do this, the people might ask. What would this mean personally? If they were devout persons of religion, it would have been changed dramatically by the Savior's teachings. They needed preparation. What an important role for John.
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