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On the left, Jesus offers his intercessory prayer for his disciples, on the right, a formerly crippled man healed by Peter enters the temple for the first time. Images courtesy The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Tuesday, June 6, 2023
John 17:1; KnoWhy #674
How Does Jesus’s Intercessory Prayer Point Us to the Temple?
Peter looks away as Christ passes by in the hands of his accusers in this painting by Carl Bloch, "Peter's Denial."
Tuesday, May 30, 2023
Matthew 26:34; KnoWhy #673
Why Did Peter Deny Knowing Jesus?
"The Ten Virgins," by Jorge Cocco, shows the wise virgins from Jesus' parable, with oil in their lamps and vessels, and the foolish virgins, who were not prepared with oil.
Tuesday, May 23, 2023
Matthew 25:1; KnoWhy #672
How Does the Parable of the Ten Virgins Offer Us Direction in Life?
Jorge Cocco's painting, "The Father's Two Sons," depicts the two sons in the parable, representing Jesus Christ and Lucifer.
Tuesday, May 16, 2023
Matthew 21:28–29; KnoWhy #671
How Does the Parable of the Willing and Unwilling Sons Teach about Christ?
A grape vineyard. The parable of the laborers in the vineyard teaches lessons about the economy of the Kingdom of Heaven and the love of God for his children. Adobe Stock image.
Tuesday, May 9, 2023
Matthew 20:6–7; KnoWhy #670
What Does the Parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard Teach about God’s Mercy?
Both sons are represented in a video from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints depicting Jesus's parable of the Prodigal Son. Image and screenshot courtesy churchofjesuschrist.org
Tuesday, May 2, 2023
Luke 15:22–24; KnoWhy #669
How Does the Parable of the Prodigal Son Teach Us about Repentance?
A still from the Bible video "Ye Are The Temple of God," depicting Paul teaching in front of the temple. Screenshot courtesy churchofjesuschrist.org
Tuesday, April 25, 2023
John 8:12; KnoWhy #668
How Does John Portray Jesus as the Way of the Temple?
Detail from "Jesus as the Samaritan" by Jorge Cocco.
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
Luke 10:33–34; KnoWhy #667
How Does the Parable of the Good Samaritan Teach Us about the Plan of Salvation?
The seven-headed beast is worshipped by men of all nations, as told in the Book of Revelations. Engraving. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark.
Tuesday, April 11, 2023
Revelation 13:18; KnoWhy #666
Why Did John State That the Beast’s Number Is 666?
A watercolor illustration of the empty tomb by Maryna Kriuchenko
Tuesday, April 4, 2023
Luke 24:5–6; KnoWhy #665
Why Are the Gospel Accounts of the Resurrection Credible?
A person breaks bread and hands it to someone. Bread is one example of Passover imagery Jesus Christ used in his "Bread of Life" sermon. Image courtesy churchofjesuschrist.org
Tuesday, March 28, 2023
John 6:35; KnoWhy #664
Why Did Jesus Use Passover Imagery in His Bread of Life Sermon?
Jorge Cocco's painting, "The Sower," which depicts a man walking with a bag of seeds and tossing them into soil along his path, as described in Jesus's parable.
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
Luke 8:5, 8; cf. Matthew 13:3, 8; Mark 4:4, 8; KnoWhy #663
How Does the Parable of the Sower Help Us Understand Lehi’s Vision of the Tree of Life?
Jorge Cocco's drawing, "The Persistent Widow," depicting a widow kneeling as she appeals to a judge.
Tuesday, March 14, 2023
Luke 11:5–6; KnoWhy #662
What Do the Parables of the Importuning Friend and Widow Teach Us about Prayer?
Photo of Hebrew text by Ri Butov from Pixabay
Tuesday, March 7, 2023
1 Nephi 12:6–7; KnoWhy #661
Why Are There Hebraisms in the Book of Mormon?
Jorge Cocco's painting, "Let Them Grow Together," depicting the owner of the field instructing his servants not to remove the tares, but to let the wheat and tares grow together.
Tuesday, February 28, 2023
Matthew 13:24–25; KnoWhy #660
What Does the Parable of the Wheat and Tares Teach about the Apostasy?
Jorge Cocco's painting, "The Rock and the Sand," depicting Jesus' parable of the house built on the rock and the house built on sand.
Tuesday, February 21, 2023
Luke 6:47–48; cf. Matthew 7:24–25; KnoWhy #659
How Can We Build Our Foundations on a Rock?
A painting by Linda Curley Christensen of a gate in Jerusalem known as the Beautiful Gate.
Tuesday, February 14, 2023
John 4:14; KnoWhy #658
How Can Jesus Provide to All People the Waters of Life?
The tiled mosaic of The Bronze serpent on the desert and Moses in church All Saints by Matthew Digby Wyatt 1820-1877.
Monday, February 6, 2023
John 3:14–15; KnoWhy #657
Why Did Jesus Compare Himself to the Brazen Serpent?
Jesus Christ reads Isaiah 61 in the synagogue. Image from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Bible Videos
Tuesday, January 31, 2023
Luke 4:18–19; cf. Isaiah 61:1–2; KnoWhy #656
Why Does Jesus Announce that Isaiah 61:1–2 Is Fulfilled?
The Baptism of the Christ with Dove by Daniel Bonnell. Image via Fine Art America.
Tuesday, January 24, 2023
Mark 1:11; cf. Matthew 3:17; Luke 3:22; KnoWhy #655
Why Was Jesus Proclaimed the Son of God at His Baptism?
Adoration of the Shepherds by Dutch painter Matthias Stomer, 1632. Image via Wikimedia Commons.
Tuesday, January 10, 2023
Matthew 1:23; cf. Isaiah 7:14; KnoWhy #654
Why Do We Have Multiple Accounts of Jesus’s Birth?
Impression of a seal bearing the words "Belonging to Hezekiah [son of] Ahaz king of Judah" and showing a winged sun and ankhs. Image via HaAretz.
Tuesday, December 13, 2022
Malachi 4:2; KnoWhy #653
Why Does Malachi Refer to the Sun of Righteousness?
A sarcophagus relief of Jonah and Jesus Christ.
Wednesday, November 23, 2022
Matthew 12:39–40; KnoWhy #652
What Is the Sign of Jonah?
Moroni Appears to Joseph Smith by Tom Lovell and the Prophet Joel by Michelangelo.
Tuesday, November 8, 2022
Joel 2:28; KnoWhy #651
Why Did Moroni Quote from the Book of Joel?
Left: Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem by Rembrandt. Right: Lehi Prophesying in Jerusalem by Arnold Friberg.
Thursday, October 20, 2022
1 Nephi 1:4; KnoWhy #650
How Did Jeremiah’s and Lehi’s Ministries Reflect One Another?
Image by Book of Mormon Central.
Monday, October 17, 2022
1 Nephi 18:25; KnoWhy #649
When Lehi’s Party Arrived in the Land, Did They Find Horses There?
Left: Portrait of King Hezekiah generated by Midjourney. Right. Portrait of Jesus Christ by Heinrich Hofmann.
Tuesday, September 27, 2022
Isaiah 53:10; KnoWhy #648
Why Did Isaiah Prophesy of a Suffering Messiah?
Portrait of Isaiah and Jesus Christ. Images generated by Midjourney.
Tuesday, September 20, 2022
; KnoWhy #647
How Did Isaiah Prophesy of the Savior?
An ancient Israelite stamp seal impression with a flying serpent. Photo of a Palestinian saw-scaled viper by Matthieu Berroneau.
Tuesday, September 13, 2022
1 Nephi 17:41; KnoWhy #646
Were There “Fiery Flying Serpents” along Lehi’s Trail?
God on his throne surrounded by seraphim. Image by the Full of Eyes project at fullofeyes.com
Tuesday, September 6, 2022
2 Nephi 16:1–2; Isaiah 6:1–2; KnoWhy #645
Why Did Isaiah Refer to the Heavenly Hosts as “Seraphim”?