1 And now I, Nephi, proceed to give an account upon ^athese platesof my proceedings, and my reign and ministry; wherefore, to proceed with mine account, I must speak somewhat of the things of my father, and also of my brethren.

 2 For behold, it came to pass after my father had made an end of speaking the words of his ^adream, and also of exhorting them to all diligence, he spake unto them concerning the Jews—

 3 That after they should be destroyed, even that great city^aJerusalem, and many be ^bcarried away captive into ^cBabylon, according to the own due time of the Lord, they should ^dreturnagain, yea, even be brought back out of captivity; and after they should be brought back out of captivity they should possess again the land of their inheritance.

 4 Yea, even ^asix hundred years from the time that my father left Jerusalem, a ^bprophet would the Lord God raise up among the^cJews—even a ^dMessiah, or, in other words, a Savior of the world.

 5 And he also spake concerning the prophets, how great a number had ^atestified of these things, concerning this Messiah, of whom he had spoken, or this Redeemer of the world.

 6 Wherefore, all mankind were in a ^alost and in a ^bfallen state, and ever would be save they should rely on this Redeemer.

 7 And he spake also concerning a ^aprophet who should come before the Messiah, to prepare the way of the Lord—

 8 Yea, even he should go forth and cry in the wilderness: ^aPrepareye the way of the Lord, and make his paths straight; for there standeth one among you whom ye know not; and he is mightier than I, whose shoe’s latchet I am not worthy to unloose. And much spake my father concerning this thing.

 9 And my father said he should baptize in ^aBethabara, beyond Jordan; and he also said he should ^bbaptize with water; even that he should baptize the Messiah with water.

 10 And after he had baptized the Messiah with water, he should behold and bear record that he had baptized the ^aLamb of God, who should take away the sins of the world.(What was it like to baptize Jesus?  And then after baptizing Him knowing it was the Savior of the world who you just baptized.  Knowing you had fulfilled so many prophesies? AndI love that even teh Savior...a perfect being was baptized to show us the way in which we need to go!)