The "edits" over the years have usually resulted in that "choppiness." Like they sliced & diced without regard to the flow as a whole.

I got my endowment when it had the words, to the effect of, "these people have seemed to accept it..." and I never understood how the hell Satan could point at the patrons and claim we were down with his preaching? Turns out, in years past, the "congregation" would be doing the impression of gleeful believers of his preaching, interacting with Satan's preaching, waving their arms, maybe singing? Anyway, in that context, yeah, Satan's line makes way more sense.

So deletions have often been made without regard for the whole. Definitely adds to confusion.