Just, holy, and women also? Alma 13:26

Just, holy, and women also? Alma 13:26

Alma prophesies about the birth of Jesus Christ. He wishes that Christ would be born when he was alive, but states that regardless of when he comes, Alma will rejoice in the fact that the Savior is coming. This, by the way, is about 82 years before Jesus Christ's birth.

Alma doesn't know when Christ's birth will be, but he prophesies that others will come who will be given that knowledge. "Just and holy men by the mouth of angels, at the time of his coming." 

My question was whether or not this group of people who would be given to know about Jesus Christ's birth would include women.

Answer:

Definitely.

• Mary and Elizabeth were told about the birth of the Savior before he came. 
• Many hundreds of Nephite women knew and believed in the signs of his birth.
• Most likely the shepherds and wise men who came to worship Jesus were married, and I can't imagine them not at least discussing such an event with their spouses - and it's kind of likely that some of them would have actually been present. 
• There are probably many other women who I don't know about in both the old and new worlds who knew about the birth of Jesus Christ.