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Still Image from “Jacob Teaches of the Atonement of Jesus Christ” via Gospel Media Library
2 Nephi 9:35
KnoWhy #549
February 13, 2020
Why Did Jacob Condemn “Deliberately” Killing?
The Names of Jesus Christ, by Book of Mormon Central
2 Nephi 10:3
KnoWhy #36
February 18, 2016
Why Does an Angel Reveal the Name of Christ to Jacob?
Image via Book of Mormon and Other Restoration Scripture
2 Nephi 11:2
KnoWhy #38
February 22, 2016
What Vision Guides Nephi's Choice of Isaiah Chapters?
Christ revealing himself to the people of the New World. Image via sistereskanderl.com
2 Nephi 11:2–3
KnoWhy #37
February 19, 2016
Who Are the Witnesses of Christ in 2 Nephi?
Replica of the gold plates by David Baird.
2 Nephi 11:3
KnoWhy #592
January 21, 2021
Why Did Martin Want a View of the Plates in March 1829?
Book of Mormon Stories via lds.org
2 Nephi 11:3
KnoWhy #271
February 6, 2017
Why Did Nephi Use Chiasmus to Testify of Christ?
Image via lds.org
2 Nephi 11:4
KnoWhy #358
August 28, 2017
Does Chiasmus Prove Anything about the Book of Mormon?
Image by Anthony Sweat
2 Nephi 11:8
KnoWhy #39
February 23, 2016
Can Textual Studies Help Readers Understand the Isaiah Chapters in 2 Nephi?
Photo of Temple Square by Michael R. Ash (2015)
2 Nephi 12:2
KnoWhy #41
February 25, 2016
Has the Prophecy of the Lord's House Established in the Mountains been Fulfilled?
Light Bearers by Annie Henrie Nader. Image via AltusFineArt.com
2 Nephi 13:16–17
KnoWhy #550
February 18, 2020
Why Does Isaiah Prophesy of the Daughter of Zion?
The Siege and Destruction of Jerusalem by David Roberts, 1850
2 Nephi 15:13, 15:25
KnoWhy #42
February 26, 2016
Why Do Early Nephite Prophets Speak about the Scattering of the Jews?
Laman and Lemuel struggled with pride, which kept them from fully accessing the Spirit. Image courtesy of Joseph Brickey.
2 Nephi 15:21
KnoWhy #48
March 7, 2016
How Does Nephi Use Isaiah to Teach Us to Avoid Pride?
The Siege and Destruction of Jerusalem by David Roberts, 1850
2 Nephi 15:13, 15:25
KnoWhy #42
February 26, 2016
Why Do Early Nephite Prophets Speak about the Scattering of the Jews?
God on his throne surrounded by seraphim. Image by the Full of Eyes project at fullofeyes.com
2 Nephi 16:1–2
KnoWhy #645
September 6, 2022
Why Did Isaiah Refer to the Heavenly Hosts as “Seraphim”?
The Virgin Mary and the Christ Child. Image via Adobe Stock
2 Nephi 17:14
KnoWhy #40
February 24, 2016
How Did Nephi Read Isaiah as a Witness of Christ’s Coming?
Detail of the Sistine Chapel Ceiling by Michelangelo
2 Nephi 19:12
KnoWhy #49
March 8, 2016
Why is the Lord's Hand "Stretched Out Still"?
Depiction of the stem of Jesse as the tree of life in the Monreale Cathedral in Sicily
2 Nephi 21:10
KnoWhy #50
March 9, 2016
Why Did Moroni Quote Isaiah 11 to Joseph Smith?
Singing Hymns in Sacrament Meeting via LDS Media Library
2 Nephi 21:11
KnoWhy #290
March 22, 2017
Where Did Joseph Smith Get His Ideas about the Physical and Spiritual Gathering of Israel?
Publishing of the Book of Mormon at Grandin Press via history.lds.org
2 Nephi 21:12
KnoWhy #485
November 15, 2018
How Thomas B. Marsh was Led to the Book of Mormon Without Knowing It
The Last Judgment by Michelangelo
2 Nephi 23:6
KnoWhy #46
March 3, 2016
What Do Nephi and Isaiah Say about the End Times?
Hill North of Shilom by James Fullmer
2 Nephi 24:1
KnoWhy #45
March 2, 2016
Did Interactions with "Others" Influence Nephi's Selection of Isaiah?
Lucifer from Milton's Paradise Lost by Gustave Dore (1866)
2 Nephi 24:12
KnoWhy #43
February 29, 2016
Why Did Lehi "Suppose" the Existence of Satan?
Maarten van Heemskerck’s “The Prophet Isaiah Predicts the Return of Jews After Exile.” Image Via WikiCommons.
2 Nephi 25:4
KnoWhy #47
March 4, 2016
How Does Nephi Help Us Understand Isaiah?
The Orlando Florida Temple
2 Nephi 25:16
KnoWhy #437
May 29, 2018
How Do the Psalms Quoted in the Book of Mormon Teach about the Temple?
The Temple of Solomon. Image courtesy of Book of Mormon Central
2 Nephi 25:16
KnoWhy #51
March 10, 2016
Why Does Nephi Quote a Temple Psalm While Commenting on Isaiah?
Joseph of Egypt, by Michael T. Malm via lds.org
2 Nephi 25:17
KnoWhy #375
October 24, 2017
Why Did Nephi Connect Isaiah’s Prophecies with Joseph Who Was Sold into Egypt?
2 Nephi 31 by Jorge Cocco
2 Nephi 25:19
KnoWhy #304
April 24, 2017
Why Did Nephi Say an Angel Had Revealed the Name Jesus Christ?
Image by Chad Madden
2 Nephi 25:23
KnoWhy #371
October 10, 2017
Why Does Nephi State that We Are Saved by Grace “After All We Can Do"?
Elder Russell M. Nelson
2 Nephi 25:26
KnoWhy #69
April 2, 2016
Why Do Certain “Treasured Words” Appear So Repeatedly in General Conference Talks?
Image of Christ via LDS Media Library
2 Nephi 25:26
KnoWhy #484
November 13, 2018
Why Is the Book of Mormon So Focused on Jesus Christ?
Image of the chiasm in Mosiah 5:10-12 by Book of Mormon Central
2 Nephi 25:26
KnoWhy #349
August 7, 2017
What Can We Learn from 10 of the Best Chiasms in the Book of Mormon? Part 1
Photograph taken by Daniel Smith
2 Nephi 25:29
KnoWhy #467
September 13, 2018
Why Does the Book of Mormon Say We Must Worship God with Our Whole Soul?