There are in fact at least ten different—some radically different—known versions of the “First Vision.”* Although Joseph claimed he was persecuted when he told people of his heavenly vision, in reality there is no evidence that Joseph told anyone about the vision until after the Book of Mormon was published many years later. There are no accounts in local newspapers, by neighbors, preachers or even by the members of Joseph’s own family.xvi The familiar official version above wasn’t even written until 1838, and didn’t finally appear in print until 1842. It is, in fact, the fourth version of the
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