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New silk fibers dry on lines in the sun. Image by Quang Nguyen Vinh via Pexels.
Monday, June 3, 2024
Alma 1:29; KnoWhy #734
Did Book of Mormon Peoples Wear Silk and Linen?
The mother of Alma the Younger watches over him while he sleeps in this image from the Book of Mormon Videos of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Monday, May 27, 2024
Mosiah 27:18–19; KnoWhy #733
Why Do So Many People in the Book of Mormon Fall to the Earth as if Dead?
Left, an image of a dragon from an alchemical text titled “Musaeum hermeticum, reformatum et amplificatum” in The National Library of Israel. Right, a photo of an American crocodile in the Tárcoles River in Costa Rica by Bernard Gagnon.
Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Mosiah 20:11; KnoWhy #732
Why Does the Book of Mormon Mention Dragons?
Left, an image from the Book of Mormon Videos of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Right, “Moses and Aaron Appear Before Pharaoh” by Gustave Dore.
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
Mosiah 13:5; KnoWhy #731
How Was Abinadi a Prophet “Like unto Moses”?
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Tuesday, May 7, 2024
Mosiah 9:3; KnoWhy #730
How Was Zeniff Overzealous?
San Bartolo Accession scene drawn by Traci Wright.
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Mosiah 2:10; KnoWhy #729
Why Does King Benjamin Deny Being More than a Man?
King Benjamin and Mosiah stand on a tower in this still from the Book of Mormon Videos of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Helaman 5:9; KnoWhy #728
How Did Later Prophets Utilize the Teachings of King Benjamin?
“‘Which Purpose I Know Not’” by Eternity Stovall
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Omni 1:12; KnoWhy #727
Who Was Amaleki?
Composite image of a screenshot from Messages of Christ and an image by fotometin from Pixabay.
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Jacob 5:3; KnoWhy #726
How Did Zenos’s Parable of the Vineyard Reflect the Ancient Temple?
Image by Scripture Central
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
Jacob 1:17; KnoWhy #725
Why Is Jacob’s Distinctive Voice Significant?
Original images courtesy The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Edits by Scripture Central.
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
2 Nephi 26:16; KnoWhy #724
How the Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon Is Similar to the Resurrection of Jesus Christ
A granite monument depicting the god Amun, Ramesses II, & the goddess Mut from the Temple of Amun in Thebes. Image by Mark Cartwright, courtesy World History Encyclopedia, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
2 Nephi 31:21; KnoWhy #723
Why Does the Book of Mormon Have Trinitarian-Sounding Statements?
Left, a painting of Joseph in Egypt by an unknown painter. Right, a drawing of Joseph Smith by Dan Weggeland. Images courtesy The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
2 Nephi 27:30; KnoWhy #722
How Does Nephi Connect the Name Joseph to Prophecies of the Latter Days?
Collage of a still from the Book of Mormon videos of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and a still from a Scripture Central shoot of Moses and the Israelites' time in the wilderness.
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
2 Nephi 25:20; KnoWhy #721
How Did Nephi Liken Looking to Christ with Looking to the Brazen Serpent?
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
2 Nephi 25:6; KnoWhy #720
Why Is Ancient Near Eastern History and Geography Helpful for Understanding Isaiah?
“At the Waters of Babylon” by Gebhard Fugel. Public Domain Image.
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
2 Nephi 10:20; KnoWhy #719
How Did Jacob’s and Ezekiel’s Peoples Each Respond to Exile?
Classic Maya polychrome vase from Dos Pilas showing people covered in black paint. Photo by Justin Kerr, Maya Vase Database.
Wednesday, February 14, 2024
2 Nephi 5:21; KnoWhy #718
What Is the “Skin of Blackness” in the Book of Mormon?
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Tuesday, February 13, 2024
2 Nephi 5:18; KnoWhy #717
Why Did Nephi’s People Want Him to Be a King?
Collage of a photo of the Temple of the Bearded Man at Chichen Itza and a depiction of the temple of Solomon in Jerusalem by François Vatable.
Friday, February 9, 2024
2 Nephi 5:16; KnoWhy #716
How Are Some Ancient American Temples Similar to the Temple of Solomon?
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Tuesday, February 6, 2024
2 Nephi 1:23; KnoWhy #715
Why Does Lehi Tell His Sons to “Arise from the Dust”?
"The Discovery of America" by Johann Moritz Rugendas. Public Domain Image
Friday, February 2, 2024
1 Nephi 22:7–8; KnoWhy #714
What “Mighty Nation among the Gentiles” Would Scatter Lehi’s Seed?
Still from Book of Mormon Videos of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Tuesday, January 30, 2024
1 Nephi 16:34; KnoWhy #713
Why Did Nephi Mention the Place of Ishmael’s Burial by Name?
“First Recognition of the American Flag by a Foreign Government” by Edward Moran. Public Domain Image.
Friday, January 26, 2024
1 Nephi 13:13, 19; KnoWhy #712
How Do Latter-day Saints See God‘s Hand in History?
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.)
Tuesday, January 23, 2024
1 Nephi 13:5; KnoWhy #711
Why Is the Great and Abominable Church Described like the Assyrian Empire?
Zosimus stands on the shore of the ocean next to one of the trees in his vision. This image was generated using Midjourney.
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
1 Nephi 8:10-11; KnoWhy #710
Why Are Lehi’s and Nephi’s Visions and Histories Similar to the History of the Rechabites?
Laban inspects the possessions of Lehi brought to him by Laman, Lemuel, Nephi, and Sam. Image courtesy The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Thursday, January 11, 2024
1 Nephi 3:3; KnoWhy #709
Who Was Laban?
Lehi walks the streets of Jerusalem. Image courtesy The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Tuesday, January 9, 2024
1 Nephi 1:4; KnoWhy #708
Why Did Lehi Live in Jerusalem?
Detail from “Moroni and Joseph” by Jorge Cocco Santangelo
Tuesday, January 2, 2024
Joseph Smith—History 1:54; KnoWhy #707
How Did the Angel Moroni Prepare Joseph Smith to Be a Prophet?
The title page of the Book of Mormon as it appeared in its first printing. Image courtesy the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Thursday, December 28, 2023
Title Page of the Book of Mormon; KnoWhy #706
How Does the Book of Mormon Fulfill the Purposes Declared on the Title Page?
Mary visits Elizabeth in this image from the Life of Jesus Christ Bible Videos. Image courtesy The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Friday, December 22, 2023
Luke 1:7; KnoWhy #705
Why are Childless Women Prominent in the Christmas Story?