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Alma 7:11–13
KnoWhy #323
June 7, 2017
What Did Alma Reveal about the Savior’s Mission?
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Alma 7:19
KnoWhy #114
June 3, 2016
Why Does Alma Mention Three Kinds of Paths in One Verse?
The Dream of St. Joseph by Anton Raphael Mengs. Image via Wikimedia Commons.
Alma 8:17
KnoWhy #565
June 10, 2020
Why Did an Angel Send Alma Back to Ammonihah?
Illustration to the Bible: Angel brings food and drink to the prophet Elijah by Gustave Dore, 1877.
Alma 8:18
KnoWhy #636
July 5, 2022
Why Did Ancient Prophets Follow Literary Patterns?
Alma eating with Amulek. Illustration by Dan Burr.
Alma 8:22
KnoWhy #115
June 6, 2016
Why Did Alma Bless and Thank God After Eating?
Nephi and his brothers giving their riches to obtain the Plates. Artwork by Minerva Teichert
Alma 9:13
KnoWhy #116
June 7, 2016
What does it Mean to “Prosper in the Land”?
Image by H. Tom Hall.
Alma 10:7
KnoWhy #117
June 8, 2016
Why is Amulek’s Household Significant?
Image by Reynold via Adobe Stock
Alma 11:7
KnoWhy #322
June 5, 2017
Why You Should Care About the Nephite Weights and Measures System
Zeezrom by James Fullmer
Alma 11:22
KnoWhy #118
June 9, 2016
Why Would Zeezrom Attempt to Bribe Amulek?
Photograph of the Provo City Center Temple via ldschurchtemples.com
Alma 12:30
KnoWhy #119
June 10, 2016
Why Did Alma Teach His Opponents about the Temple?
Photo by Greg Rakozy on Unsplash
Alma 13:3
KnoWhy #398
January 11, 2018
How a Tangent About Foreordination Helps Explain Repentance
Alma and Amulek by Jorge Cocco
Alma 13:7
KnoWhy #566
June 16, 2020
Why Did Alma Respond in the Way He Did to the “Order of Nehor” in Ammonihah?
Christ with Three Nephite Disciples by Gary L. Kapp
Alma 13:8
KnoWhy #330
June 23, 2017
What Did the Book of Mormon Teach Early Church Leaders about the Order and Offices of the Priesthood?
Melchizedek Blessing Abraham by Walter Rane via lds.org
Alma 13:14
KnoWhy #120
June 13, 2016
Why Did Alma Talk about Melchizedek?
Girl Being Baptized and The Gift of the Holy Ghost via lds.org
Alma 13:16
KnoWhy #296
April 5, 2017
Why Are Ordinances So Important?
Stephen Prays as He is Stoned via lds.org
Alma 14:11
KnoWhy #351
August 11, 2017
Why Does God Sometimes Allow His Saints to Be Martyred?
Alma and Amulek in Prison by Gary L. Kapp
Alma 14:29
KnoWhy #121
June 14, 2016
What Kind of Earthquake Caused the Prison Walls to Fall?
"In Similitude" by Joseph Brickey.
Alma 15:17
KnoWhy #122
June 15, 2016
Why Did the People of Sidom Go to the Altar for Deliverance?
The End of the World by John Martin.
Alma 16:9–11
KnoWhy #123
June 16, 2016
Why Was the City of Ammonihah Destroyed and Left Desolate?
The ruins of an ancient synagogue in Capernaum from the 4th century A.D. Image via Wikimeida Commons.
Alma 16:13
KnoWhy #124
June 17, 2016
Why Did Alma and Amulek Preach in Synagogues?
Rebecca and Eliezer by Bartolome Esteban Murillo via Wikimedia Commons
Alma 17:24–25
KnoWhy #414
March 8, 2018
How Does the Book of Mormon Use an Ancient Storytelling Technique?
"Defending the Flocks" by Brrian C. Hailes
Alma 17:39
KnoWhy #125
June 20, 2016
Why Did the Servants Present Lamoni with the Arms of His Enemies?
Mayan Art depicting a royal entry. Image via the Maya Vase database
Alma 18:9
KnoWhy #126
June 21, 2016
What is the Nature and Use of Chariots in the Book of Mormon?
Etching of Joseph Smith Climbing Fence from The Smith Family Farm
Alma 19:6
KnoWhy #460
August 21, 2018
Why Are People Exhausted by Powerful Spiritual Experiences?
"Maidservant Hero" by James Fullmer
Alma 19:16
KnoWhy #127
June 22, 2016
Why Was Abish Mentioned by Name?
Abish by James Fullmer
Alma 19:17
KnoWhy #374
October 19, 2017
What Can We Learn From Abish’s Member-missionary Work?
“The Resurrected Christ” by Wilson J. Ong
Alma 19:29
KnoWhy #449
July 12, 2018
What Does the Abish Story Signal About the Resurrection?
Mormon termina compendio by Jorge Cocco
Alma 19:36
KnoWhy #415
March 13, 2018
Why Did Nephite Authors Use Repetitive Resumption?
"King Lamoni's Father" by Minerva Teichert
Alma 20:8
KnoWhy #128
June 23, 2016
What Did it Mean to be “King Over All the Land”?
"Mormon" by James Fullmer
Alma 21:13
KnoWhy #129
June 24, 2016
Why Did Mormon Include Flashbacks in His Narrative?
Imagined map of the Book of Mormon Lands by Tyler Griffin, Taylor Halverson, and Seth Holladay, BYU.
Alma 22:32
KnoWhy #130
June 27, 2016
Why Did Mormon Give So Many Details About Geography?
"The Anti-Nephi-Lehies Burying Their Swords." Image via lds.org
Alma 23:17
KnoWhy #131
June 28, 2016
Why Did Converted Lamanites Call Themselves Anti-Nephi-Lehies?