65 And he commanded them to speak; but they answered nothing.
66 And it came to pass that they departed and went their ways, but came again on the morrow; and the judge also smote them again on their cheeks.
67 And many came forth also, and smote them, saying, Will ye stand again, and judge this people, and condemn our law?
68 If ye have such great power, why do ye not deliver yourselves?
69 And many such things did they say unto them, gnashing their teeth upon them, and spitting upon them, and saying, How shall we look when we are damned?
70 And many such things, yea, all manner of such things did they say unto them; and thus they did mock them, for many days.
71 And they did withhold food from them, that they might hunger, and water, that they might thirst;
72 And they also did take from them their clothes, that they were naked; and thus they were bound with strong cords, and confined in prison.
73 And it came to pass after they had thus suffered for many days, (and it was on the twelfth day, in the tenth month, in the tenth year of the reign of the Judges over the people of Nephi,) that the chief judge over the land of Ammonihah, and many of their teachers and their lawyers, went in unto the prison where Alma and Amulek were bound with cords.
74 And their chief judge stood before them, and smote them again, and said unto them, If ye have the power of God, deliver yourselves from these bands, and then we will believe that the Lord will destroy this people according to your words.
75 And it came to pass that they all went forth and smote them, saying the same words, even until the last;
