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1 Nephi 11:1
KnoWhy #396
January 4, 2018
How Do the Book of Moses and Book of Mormon Help Us Understand the Endowment?
"Ye Shall Have My Words" by Judith Mehr
1 Nephi 11:2–3
KnoWhy #471
September 27, 2018
Why Can Nephi’s Vision Be Called an Apocalypse?
"Nephi’s Vision of the Virgin and the Son of God" by C. C. A. Christensen, via history.lds.org.
1 Nephi 11:11
KnoWhy #492
December 11, 2018
Why Were Lehi and Nephi Guided by Angelic Escorts in Their Visions?
Mary the mother of Jesus depicted as the Tree of Life
1 Nephi 11:18
KnoWhy #13
January 18, 2016
What Does the Virgin Mary Have to Do with the Tree of Life?
“Mary, the Mother of Jesus” via Gospel Media Library
1 Nephi 11:22
KnoWhy #543
December 24, 2019
Why Didn’t Nephi Mention Mary’s Name?
Lehi's Dream by Jerry Thompson
1 Nephi 11:25
KnoWhy #427
April 24, 2018
How Are Rod and Sword Connected to the Word of God?
Photo of Hebrew text by Ri Butov from Pixabay
1 Nephi 12:6–7
KnoWhy #661
March 7, 2023
Why Are There Hebraisms in the Book of Mormon?
Tree of Life by Krista Maureen Jones
1 Nephi 12:16–17
KnoWhy #404
February 1, 2018
What Does an Ancient Book About Enoch Have to Do With Lehi’s Dream?
A deep wadi illustrating the great and terrible gulf in Lehi's dream
1 Nephi 12:18
KnoWhy #14
January 19, 2016
What was the Great and Terrible Gulf in Lehi’s Dream?
“The great and spacious building” via Gospel Media Library
1 Nephi 12:18
KnoWhy #546
January 17, 2020
What is the Significance of the Great and Spacious Building?
A relief of King Tiglath-pileser III of Assyria capturing the city of Astartu (in modern Jordan). (From the Southwest Palace of Tiglath-Pileser III at Nimrud, ca. 730-727 B.C.E.; British Museum.)
1 Nephi 13:5
KnoWhy #711
January 23, 2024
Why Is the Great and Abominable Church Described like the Assyrian Empire?
Image by Book of Mormon Central. Contains: Portrait of a Man, Said to be Christopher Columbus by Sebastiano del Piombo, ca. 1519 via Wikimedia Commons; World Map ca. 1689 via Wikimedia Commons; Photograph of the Book of Mormon by Jasmin Gimenez Rappleye.
1 Nephi 13:12
KnoWhy #547
January 23, 2020
Why Did Nephi Prophesy of Christopher Columbus?
“First Recognition of the American Flag by a Foreign Government” by Edward Moran. Public Domain Image.
1 Nephi 13:13, 13:19
KnoWhy #712
January 26, 2024
How Do Latter-day Saints See God‘s Hand in History?
“First Recognition of the American Flag by a Foreign Government” by Edward Moran. Public Domain Image.
1 Nephi 13:13, 13:19
KnoWhy #712
January 26, 2024
How Do Latter-day Saints See God‘s Hand in History?
Gutenberg Bible
1 Nephi 13:26
KnoWhy #15
January 20, 2016
Were Plain and Precious Doctrines Lost?
Photo of a bible by kiwihug via Unsplash.
1 Nephi 13:28
KnoWhy #628
January 18, 2022
Why Did Joseph Smith Produce a New Translation of the Bible?
Photo by Natalia Y on Unsplash
1 Nephi 13:39
KnoWhy #376
October 26, 2017
What Were the “Other Records” Nephi Saw in Vision?
The Church of the Lamb and the Church of the Devil
1 Nephi 14:10
KnoWhy #16
January 21, 2016
Are There Really Only Two Churches?
The Heavenly Court, the apse in St. Benedict Parish
1 Nephi 15:8
KnoWhy #17
January 22, 2016
How Did God Call His Prophets in Ancient Times?
Pondering God's Promise by Courtney Vander Veur Matz.Image via Church of Jesus Christ.
1 Nephi 15:18
KnoWhy #630
February 22, 2022
Why Did Abraham and Sarah Receive New Names and Tokens?
Assyrian relief of archers in battle
1 Nephi 15:24
KnoWhy #18
January 25, 2016
What are the “Fiery Darts of the Adversary” Spoken of by Nephi?
“Arco Roto” by Jorge Cocco
1 Nephi 16:18
KnoWhy #548
January 31, 2020
Why Did Nephi’s “Fine Steel” Bow Break?
Arco roto by Jorge Cocco
1 Nephi 16:23
KnoWhy #421
April 3, 2018
Why Did Nephi Include the Story of the Broken Bow?
Nahom Altar
1 Nephi 16:34
KnoWhy #19
January 26, 2016
Who Called Ishmael's Burial Place Nahom?
Still from Book of Mormon Videos of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
1 Nephi 16:34
KnoWhy #713
January 30, 2024
Why Did Nephi Mention the Place of Ishmael’s Burial by Name?
Aerial image of Kharfot, a likely location of Bountiful. Image from Lehi and Sariah in Arabia by Warren Aston
1 Nephi 17:5
KnoWhy #259
January 9, 2017
Has the Location of Nephi’s Bountiful Been Discovered?
1 Nephi 17:5
KnoWhy #20
January 27, 2016
Why Would Nephi Call the Ocean "Irreantum"?
An ancient Israelite stamp seal impression with a flying serpent. Photo of a Palestinian saw-scaled viper by Matthieu Berroneau.
1 Nephi 17:41
KnoWhy #646
September 13, 2022
Were There “Fiery Flying Serpents” along Lehi’s Trail?
Image by Book of Mormon Central
1 Nephi 17:41
KnoWhy #316
May 22, 2017
Why Did Nephi Say Serpents Could Fly?
The Siege and Destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans Under the Command of Titus, A.D. 70. Painting by David Roberts, 1850 via Wikimedia Commons.
1 Nephi 17:43
KnoWhy #637
July 12, 2022
Why Did the Lord Allow Jerusalem to Be Destroyed?
Various Sailing Vessels in Antiquity
1 Nephi 18:8
KnoWhy #21
January 28, 2016
Did Ancient People Sail the Seas?
Joseph Is Sold by His Brothers by Ted Henninger
1 Nephi 18:18
KnoWhy #416
March 15, 2018
How Was Nephi Similar to Joseph of Egypt?