And they began to know that
the Son of God must shortly appear;
yea, in fine, all the people
upon the face of the whole earth
from the west to the east,
both in the land north
and in the land south,
were so exceedingly astonished
that they fell to the earth.
For they knew that the prophets had
testified of these things for many years,
and that the sign which had been given
was already at hand.
And it came to pass that there was
no darkness in all that night,
but it was as light as though it was mid-day.
And it came to pass that the sun
did rise in the morning again,
according to its proper order;
and they knew that it was the day
that the Lord should be born,
because of the sign which had been given.
And it had come to pass,
yea, all things, every whit,
according to the words of the prophets.
And it came to pass also
that a new star did appear,
according to the word.
(3 Nephi 1:17-21)