Samuel the Lamanite

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In the Book of Mormon, Samuel the Lamanite was a Lamanite and also a prophet of God. He prophesied the birth of Jesus as the Messiah. He was notable as the only significant Lamanite prophet, although some Lamanite converts had miraculous experiences involving prophecy. In approximately 5 BC he visited the Nephite city of Zarahemla, where the people had turned against the Christian teachings of the prophets. He made his way onto the city wall and loudly proclaimed various signs of the birth of Jesus Christ. He prophesied that Jesus Christ would be born in less than five years. The Nephites, who were typically seen throughout the Book of Mormon as a righteous people, were outraged at the idea of being preached to by one of the Lamanites, a people the Nephites generally considered to be wicked. Angry listeners attempted to shoot him with arrows, but he was miraculously protected. When Nephite enforcers began to climb the wall after him, he jumped down from the wall outside the city and was never seen again in Nephite territory.