Alma now picks up on the question that had sidetracked him somewhat in verses 5 and 8. There are some who have taught that the rising of the soul is a resurrection. Apparently, they mistook the continuation of the soul as a form of resurrection. Alma “admit[s] it may be termed a resurrection, the raising of the spirit or the soul,” but declares that this is not the real definition of the resurrection. Rather, “it meaneth the reuniting of the soul with the body.”