In Mosiah 11 and 12 we meet Abinadi. I like to picture him as younger, not like the pictures of him as an old man with a long gray beard. It's obvious that he knows he's not going home again after this because he pulls out all stops in talking to the wicked priests and Noah.
They have brought him before them to question him, but he immediately takes over and proceeds to question them. What starts him off is the question asked by one of the priests. I'm convinced that this priest was Alma, who must have been studying the words of Isaiah and was ripe for conversion. Alma asks him to explain a verse (Isaiah 52:7) concerning those who teach the Gospel, specifically the Savior, but also prophets, teachers, and missionaries.
Abinadi was prepared for this meeting. I'm sure he had been fasting and praying, and now he takes over the meeting and teaches and admonishes and calls to repentance. Although part of his purpose was to remove any excuse from the wicked priests, I think his main purpose was to teach Alma and prepare him to repent and become the great prophet he was destined to be. So I approach the rest of Abinadi's teachings as directed mainly at Alma.
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