1. The phrase "Holy Ghost." 0 times Old Testament. 87 times in the Book of Mormon.
2. The phrase/concept of the "Son of God." Jesus preferred to call himself "Son of Man," an Old Testament idea.
3. The phrase "the same yesterday, today and forever."
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. Hebrews 13:8
For he is the same yesterday, today, and forever; and the way is prepared for all men from the foundation of the world, if it so be that they repent and come unto him. 1 Nephi 10:18 (and Doctrine and Covenants 20:12, Mormon 9:9, 1 Nephi 10:18, Doctrine and Covenants 35:1, 2 Nephi 29:9, Moroni 10:19, 2 Nephi 27:23, 2 Nephi 2:4, Alma 31:17)
4. The phrase "Messiah" appears 2 times in the Old Testament. 27 times in the Book of Mormon.
5. The phrase "whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose" spoken by John the Bapist.
“I baptize you with water for repentance. But after me will come one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not fit to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.” Matthew 3:11
And he spake also concerning a prophet who should come before the Messiah, to prepare the way of the Lord—
Yea, even he should go forth and cry in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of the Lord, and make his paths straight; for there standeth one among you whom ye know not; and he is mightier than I, whose shoe’s latchet I am not worthy to unloose. And much spake my father concerning this thing. 1 Nephi 10:7-8
6. The phrase "wars and rumors of wars" appears in 1 Nephi 12:2, 21 and four other times. Jesus used that exact phrase in Matthew 24:6.
7. The word "church" in Greek is ekklesia and it does not appear until the New Testament time. Nephi would not know that word in 600 BC.
8. 1 Nephi13:42/Jacob 5:63/Ether 13:12 says "the last shall be first and the first shall be last" taken 600 years before Jesus said it.
9. 1 Nephi 14:10 says "the mother of all abominations," a term found in Revelation 17:5.
10: 1 Nephi 14:11-12 speaks of the "whore that sitteth on the waters," found in Revelation 17:1,15
11. 1 Nephi 15:24 speaks of "fiery darts" found in Ephesians 6:16.
12. 1 Nephi 15:34 speaks of "the kingdom of God." The phrase shows up numerous times in the New Testament, quoted by Jesus, but never in the Old Testament.
But, behold, they shall have wars, and rumors of wars; and when the day cometh that the Only Begotten of the Father, yea, even the Father of heaven and of earth, shall manifest himself unto them in the flesh, behold, they will reject him, because of their iniquities, and the hardness of their hearts, and the stiffness of their necks. 2 Nephi 25:12
- "Rumors of wars" is from Matthew 24:6
- "Only begotten" is from John 1:14, 18 and John 3:16, 18 (KJV)