Nephi prophesied (560-545 B. C.) that the "Messiah cometh in 600 years from the time that my father left Jerusalem," 2 Nephi xi:30-36. Samuel the Lamanite prophesied (5 B. C.) that as a sign of his birth there would be a day and a night and a day as one day in America; and as a sign of his crucifixion there would be a great catastrophe sweep over the land, greatly defacing its surface. Hel. v:54-86. The Nephites worshipped God according to the law of Moses till J. C. came who after he had been crucified and ascended from the apostles in Palestine, descended in America, and appeared in the land Bountiful. In 3 Ne. v-xiii: 24-40 we have the history of the three distinct visitations of Jesus in the disciples, and Nephi says, 3 Ne. xii, 6, that "the Lord did truly teach the people, for the space of three days; and after that, he did show himself unto them oft," etc. (See J. C. in concordance to B. of M.)