All KnoWhys
Stone Panel from the Central Palace of Tiglath-Pilesar III via the British Museum
Why Does Nephi Begin by Saying “I, Nephi . . .”?
Tuesday, October 16, 2018
1 Nephi 1:1
KnoWhy #476
Lehi Announces Departure by Owen Richardson
When Did Lehi Leave Jerusalem?
Thursday, October 11, 2018
1 Nephi 10:4
KnoWhy #475
"Tree of Life and Rod of Iron" by Jerry Thompson via LDS Media Library
Why Are There So Many Similarities between the Dreams of Lehi and Joseph Smith, Sr.?
Tuesday, October 9, 2018
1 Nephi 8:4
KnoWhy #474
Image via Pensacola Christian College
Why Did Book of Mormon Prophets Quote Long Passages of Scripture?
Thursday, October 4, 2018
1 Nephi 19:22
KnoWhy #473
Egyptian Sword. Image via Wikimedia Commons
Why Does the Book of Mormon Mention Cimeters?
Tuesday, October 2, 2018
Mosiah 9:16
KnoWhy #472
"Ye Shall Have My Words" by Judith Mehr
Why Can Nephi’s Vision Be Called an Apocalypse?
Thursday, September 27, 2018
1 Nephi 11:2-3
KnoWhy #471
Labna Sacbe via voyagecirtuel.co.uk
Is There Evidence for Book of Mormon Highways in Ancient America?
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
3 Nephi 6:8
KnoWhy #470
Painting by Robert T. Barrett. Image via LDS Media Library
Why Are Lehi’s Visions Like Those of Other Prophets in His Day?
Thursday, September 20, 2018
1 Nephi 1:11-12
KnoWhy #469
Mormon Abridging the Plates by Tom Lovell. Image via LDS Media Library
How Does Chiasmus Teach Us to Reverse the Pride Cycle?
Tuesday, September 18, 2018
Alma 62:48-49
KnoWhy #468
Photograph taken by Daniel Smith
Why Does the Book of Mormon Say We Must Worship God with Our Whole Soul?
Thursday, September 13, 2018
2 Nephi 25:29
KnoWhy #467
“The Olive Grove” by Nancy Andruk Olson
Was Lehi Familiar with Zenos’s Allegory of the Olive Tree?
Tuesday, September 11, 2018
1 Nephi 10:12
KnoWhy #466
“Lehi’s Family Leaving Jerusalem” by Scott Snow via LDS Media Library
How Many Others Traveled with Lehi to the Promised Land?
Thursday, September 6, 2018
1 Nephi 2:5
KnoWhy #465
Still Image from “Son of God”
Who Were the “Elders of the Jews” Mentioned by Zoram?
Tuesday, September 4, 2018
1 Nephi 4:22
KnoWhy #464
“Jeremiah in Prison” by Robert T. Barrett
How Could Nephi Have Known about Jeremiah’s Imprisonment?
Thursday, August 30, 2018
1 Nephi 7:14
KnoWhy #463
“The Meeting of Esau and Jacob” by James Tissot
Why Was It Significant that Nephi Was Made ‘a Ruler and a Teacher’ Over His Brethren?
Tuesday, August 28, 2018
1 Nephi 2:22
KnoWhy #462
Ancient Records by James H. Fullmer
Where Is the Narrative Transition in 1 Nephi?
Thursday, August 23, 2018
1 Nephi 1:17
KnoWhy #461
Etching of Joseph Smith Climbing Fence from The Smith Family Farm
Why Are People Exhausted by Powerful Spiritual Experiences?
Tuesday, August 21, 2018
Alma 19:6
KnoWhy #460
The Assumption of the Virgin by Botticini
Why Are Lehi’s First Visions So Similar to Much Later Apocalyptic Writings?
Thursday, August 16, 2018
1 Nephi 1:8
KnoWhy #459
Still Image from “The Zoramites and the Rameumpton” via LDS Media Library
How is the Name Zoram Connected with Pride?
Tuesday, August 14, 2018
Alma 31:25
KnoWhy #458
Image via LDS Media Library
What Did It Mean for Lehi to be a Visionary Man?
Thursday, August 9, 2018
1 Nephi 5:4
KnoWhy #457
Photo by Stephen Leonardi on Unsplash
Is the Path to Eternal Life “Strait” or “Straight"?
Tuesday, August 7, 2018
1 Nephi 8:20
KnoWhy #456
“Mary Whitmer and Moroni” by Robert T. Pack
What Does Mary Whitmer Teach Us About Enduring Trials?
Thursday, August 2, 2018
2 Nephi 27:14
KnoWhy #455
Illustration of the Kinderhook plates and the Nauvoo Neighbor broadside. Image via Book of Mormon Central
What Do the Kinderhook Plates Reveal About Joseph Smith’s Gift of Translation?
Tuesday, July 31, 2018
Mosiah 8:12-13
KnoWhy #454
“The Hill Cumorah” by George Anderson via history.lds.org
How Are Oliver Cowdery’s Messenger and Advocate Letters to Be Understood and Used?
Thursday, July 26, 2018
Mormon 6:6
KnoWhy #453
Still Image from Joseph Smith: Plates of Gold
What Was on the Lost 116 Pages?
Tuesday, July 24, 2018
1 Nephi 9:5
KnoWhy #452
“The Flight of the Prisoners,” by James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Why Did Some in Lehi’s Time Believe that Jerusalem Could Not Be Destroyed?
Thursday, July 19, 2018
1 Nephi 2:13
KnoWhy #451
Two Oxhyrhynchus Didache Fragments via bricecjones.com
What Can an Ancient Christian Text Tell us About the Book of Mormon?
Tuesday, July 17, 2018
Moroni 6:5
KnoWhy #450
“The Resurrected Christ” by Wilson J. Omg
What Does the Abish Story Signal About the Resurrection?
Thursday, July 12, 2018
Alma 19:29
KnoWhy #449
Image of Christ via LDS Media Library
Why Did Nephi Clarify That the Messiah Was the Savior of the World?
Tuesday, July 10, 2018
1 Nephi 10:4
KnoWhy #448
“Nefi ora con Liahona” by Jorge Cocco
How Can We Be Delivered through the Lord’s Tender Mercies?
Thursday, July 5, 2018
1 Nephi 1:20
KnoWhy #447

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