“Have Ye Any That Are Lame”

Alan C. Miner

According to Donald Parry, the repetition of the disjunctives "either" and "or" or "neither" and "nor" at the beginning of successive sentences is called pardiastole. Jesus used the word "or" seven consecutive times during his visit to the righteous Nephites after his resurrection.

Have ye any that are lame,

or blind,

or halt,

or maimed,

or leprous,

or that are withered,

or that are deaf,

or that are afflicted in any manner? (3 Nephi 17:7)

[Donald W. Parry, The Book of Mormon Text Reformatted according to Parallelistic Patterns, F.A.R.M.S., p. xxxix-xl]

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