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Rogier van der Weyden. The Descent from the Cross. (c.1435) Museo del Prado, Madrid via Wikipedia.
Mosiah 4:2
KnoWhy #82
April 20, 2016
Why Does King Benjamin Emphasize the Blood of Christ?
Christ’s Image by Heinrich Hofmann via lds.org
Mosiah 4:7
KnoWhy #261
January 13, 2017
Where Did Joseph Smith Get His Doctrinal Ideas About Christ?
Image by Book of Mormon Central
Mosiah 4:9
KnoWhy #314
May 17, 2017
How Did King Benjamin Teach His People to Trust God More?
Prayer and Scripture Study via lds.org
Mosiah 4:19
KnoWhy #297
April 7, 2017
How Can the Book of Mormon Help Saints Live the Law of Consecration?
Jesus and the Little Children via lds.org
Mosiah 5:7
KnoWhy #307
May 1, 2017
Why Did King Benjamin Say That His People Would be Sons and Daughters at God’s Right Hand?
The chiasm found in Mosiah 5 by John W. Welch
Mosiah 5:10–12
KnoWhy #166
August 16, 2016
Why Is the Presence of Chiasmus in the Book of Mormon Significant?
Image via Book of Mormon Central
Mosiah 5:11
KnoWhy #353
August 16, 2017
How Was Chiasmus Discovered in the Book of Mormon?
King Benjamin used the ancient near eastern practice of parallelism in his famous speech. Image via lds.org
Mosiah 5:11
KnoWhy #83
April 21, 2016
Why Did King Benjamin Use Poetic Parallels So Extensively?
Image via Book of Mormon Central
Mosiah 5:11–12
KnoWhy #343
July 24, 2017
Can Chiasmus Survive Translation?
King Benjamin by Jeremy Winborg
Mosiah 6:6
KnoWhy #84
April 22, 2016
Why Were Benjamin and Mosiah Such Beloved and Effective Leaders?
King Limhi Sitting on his Throne. Image via lds.org
Mosiah 7:9
KnoWhy #85
April 25, 2016
Why Are Mormon's Extensive Quotations of Limhi Significant?
The Gold Plates via lds.org
Mosiah 7:25
KnoWhy #369
October 3, 2017
How Do the Covenants in the Scriptures Apply to Me Today?
“Caracters Document” via the Community of Christ
Mosiah 8:12
KnoWhy #515
May 9, 2019
What Do We Know About the “Anthon Transcript”?
Illustration of the Kinderhook plates and the Nauvoo Neighbor broadside. Image via Book of Mormon Central
Mosiah 8:12–13
KnoWhy #454
July 31, 2018
What Do the Kinderhook Plates Reveal About Joseph Smith’s Gift of Translation?
The Spectacles or Interpreters by Anthony Sweat
Mosiah 8:15
KnoWhy #86
April 26, 2016
Why is a Seer Greater than a Prophet?
Stalk of Barley via Wikimedia commons.
Mosiah 9:9
KnoWhy #87
April 27, 2016
How Can Barley in the Book of Mormon Feed Faith?
Egyptian Sword. Image via Wikimedia Commons
Mosiah 9:16
KnoWhy #472
October 2, 2018
Why Does the Book of Mormon Mention Cimeters?
Abinadi and King Noah by James Fullmer
Mosiah 11:6
KnoWhy #406
February 8, 2018
How Does The Book of Mormon Use a Hebrew Pun on King Noah's Name?
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Mosiah 11:15
KnoWhy #88
April 28, 2016
Why Does the Book of Mormon Mention Wine, Vineyards, and Wine-presses?
Landscape with Moses and the Burning Bush by Domenico Zampieri via The Met
Mosiah 11:27
KnoWhy #516
May 16, 2019
Why Does the Book of Mosiah Refer to the Exodus Narrative?
Abinadi Testifying before King Noah by Jeremy Winborg
Mosiah 12:1
KnoWhy #310
May 8, 2017
Why Did Abinadi Use a Disguise?
Abinadi Before King Noah, Arnold Friberg. Image via lds.org.
Mosiah 12:20–21
KnoWhy #89
April 29, 2016
Why Would Noah’s Priests Quiz Abinadi on Isaiah?
Abinadi testifying before King Noah by Jeremy Winborg
Mosiah 13:5
KnoWhy #90
May 2, 2016
Did Abinadi Prophesy During Pentecost?
The Passover Supper by Brian Call
Mosiah 13:30
KnoWhy #420
March 29, 2018
Were Nephite Prophets Familiar with the Passover Tradition?
Image by Book of Mormon Central, featuring Abinadi by Briana Shawcroft and Jesus Christ on the Cross via lds.org
Mosiah 14:4
KnoWhy #91
May 3, 2016
Why Did Abinadi Talk About the Suffering Messiah?
The First Vision by Del Parson
Mosiah 15:2
KnoWhy #92
May 4, 2016
How is Christ Both the Father and the Son?
The Raising of Lazarus, Duccio di Buoninsegna. Image via Wikimedia Commons
Mosiah 15:8
KnoWhy #93
May 5, 2016
Why Does Abinadi Use the Phrase "the Bands of Death"?
Like Moses as he raised his hands to part the red sea, Abinadi raised his hands as he prophesied to King Noah’s court. This emphasized his God-given authority. Image by Robert T. Barrett
Mosiah 16:1
KnoWhy #94
May 6, 2016
Why Did Abinadi Stretch Forth His Hand as He Prophesied?
Abinadi Before King Noah by Minerva Teichert
Mosiah 16:6
KnoWhy #95
May 9, 2016
Why Did Book of Mormon Prophets Speak of Future Events as if They Had Already Happened?
Representation of a new fire ceremony. Image from Codex Borbonicus via Wikimedia Commons.
Mosiah 17:13
KnoWhy #96
May 10, 2016
Why was Abinadi Scourged with Faggots?
Image by Book of Mormon Central
Mosiah 18:8–10
KnoWhy #320
May 31, 2017
Why Did the Nephites Practice Baptism?
Alma Baptizes in the Waters of Mormon by Arnold Friberg
Mosiah 18:10
KnoWhy #97
May 11, 2016
At Baptism, What Do We Covenant to Do?