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Stela 5 at Takalik Abaj, El Asintal, Retalhuleu, Guatemala, showing an early example of a Long Count date. Altar 8 lies before it. Image via wikimedia Commons
Omni 1:20
KnoWhy #77
April 13, 2016
Why was Coriantumr's Record Engraved on a "Large Stone"?
“Sons of Mosiah Praying” via Gospel Media Library
Words of Mormon 1:1–2
KnoWhy #537
October 24, 2019
Why New Testament Words and Phrases Are in the Book of Mormon Part 7: How Often Did These Commonalities Come through the Hand of Mormon or Moroni?
Mormon Abridging the Plates by Tom Lovell
Words of Mormon 1:3
KnoWhy #78
April 14, 2016
Why is “Words of Mormon” at the End of the Small Plates?
"Samuel en la muralla" and "Ultimas paginas" by Jorge Cocco
Words of Mormon 1:4
KnoWhy #498
January 15, 2019
How Does Prophecy Shape the Book of Mormon’s Content and Structure?
Still Image from “Seer Stones and the Translation of the Book of Mormon” via LDS Church History.
Words of Mormon 1:5
KnoWhy #503
February 22, 2019
How Does the “Mosiah-First” Translation Sequence Strengthen Faith?
Photo by The Roaming Platypus on Unsplash
Words of Mormon 1:6
KnoWhy #383
November 21, 2017
How Is Prosperity Defined in Nephi’s Small Plates?
Facsimile of the Printer's Manuscript. Photograph by Book of Mormon Central
Words of Mormon 1:11
KnoWhy #388
December 7, 2017
Why Bother Studying the Textual Variants in the Book of Mormon?
Detail of Battle in the Sidon by James Fullmer
Words of Mormon 1:13
KnoWhy #411
February 27, 2018
Why Was the Sword of Laban So Important to Nephite Leaders?
Translating with Martin by Anthony Sweat
Words of Mormon 1:18, Mosiah 1:1
KnoWhy #331
June 26, 2017
What if Martin Harris Didn’t Lose all of the 116 Pages?
Translating with Martin by Anthony Sweat
Words of Mormon 1:18, Mosiah 1:1
KnoWhy #331
June 26, 2017
What if Martin Harris Didn’t Lose all of the 116 Pages?
Moroni Hides the Plates in the Hill Cumorah (Moroni Burying the Plates), by Tom Lovell
Mosiah 1:6
KnoWhy #366
September 21, 2017
Why Were the Plates Present During the Translation of the Book of Mormon?
King Benjamin's Speech by Minerva Teichert
Mosiah 1:10
KnoWhy #79
April 15, 2016
Why Is the Theme of Kingship So Prominent in King Benjamin's Speech?
Artistic replicas of the gold plates, the sword of Laban, and the Liahona by David Baird. Photo by Daniel Smith.
Mosiah 1:16
KnoWhy #557
April 14, 2020
Why Did the Nephites Preserve Some Items as “National Treasures”?
Photograph by Book of Mormon Central
Mosiah 2:4
KnoWhy #394
December 28, 2017
Did the Nephites Have a “Holiday Season” Like We Do Today?
Image of King Benjamin's Speech by Walter Rane via lds.org
Mosiah 2:6
KnoWhy #80
April 18, 2016
Why Did the Nephites Stay in Their Tents During King Benjamin’s Speech?
Image by Book of Mormon Central
Mosiah 2:17
KnoWhy #308
May 3, 2017
How Are Acts of Service Related to Wisdom?
Pandemonium by John Martin, 1841 via Wikipedia.
Mosiah 2:38
KnoWhy #81
April 19, 2016
Why Do the Scriptures Compare Hell to an Unquenchable Fire?
Image by Book of Mormon Central
Mosiah 2:41
KnoWhy #367
September 26, 2017
What Does it Really Mean to be Blessed For Keeping the Commandments?
Jesus healing a blind man. Image via lds.org
Mosiah 3:5
KnoWhy #508
March 28, 2019
Why Did Christ Perform Miracles?
Gethsemane by J. Kirk Richards.
Mosiah 3:7
KnoWhy #520
June 13, 2019
Did Jesus Bleed from Every Pore?
El rey Benjamin by Jorge Cocco.
Mosiah 3:8
KnoWhy #536
October 17, 2019
Why Did Benjamin Give Multiple Names for Jesus at the Coronation of his Son Mosiah?
Christ in Jerusalem via lds.org
Mosiah 3:17
KnoWhy #275
February 15, 2017
How Are Atonement, Resurrection, Judgment, and Redemption Interconnected?
Image by Book of Mormon Central
Mosiah 3:19
KnoWhy #311
May 10, 2017
How Can One Overcome the Natural Man?
“The Rebuke of Adam and Eve,” by Charles Joseph Natoire
Mosiah 3:19
KnoWhy #505
March 7, 2019
What Makes Mankind an Enemy to God?
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 5:11–12
KnoWhy #343
July 24, 2017
Can Chiasmus Survive Translation?
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?