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A red algae bloom in the wetlands of Parco delle Cave. Image via Milano Today.
Thursday, March 31, 2022
Exodus 7:3, 5; KnoWhy #631
Why Were Particular Plagues Sent against Egypt?
Portraits of Joseph Smith and Lilburn Boggs.
Tuesday, May 31, 2022
Doctrine and Covenants 127:1; KnoWhy #632
Did Joseph Smith Attempt to Assassinate Missouri Governor Lilburn Boggs?
Covered wagons traveling in Utah shortly before the Mountain Meadows Massacre, September 1857. Portraits of John D. Lee (left) and Brigham Young (right).
Tuesday, June 14, 2022
Doctrine and Covenants 98:34; KnoWhy #633
Why Were Violent Acts like the Mountain Meadows Massacre Committed by Latter-day Saints?
Cover of the Peace Maker pamphlet via Archive.org.
Tuesday, June 21, 2022
Doctrine and Covenants 42:22; KnoWhy #634
Who Wrote the Peace Maker Pamphlet?
3D Rendering of Gold Plates by Laci Gibbs. Fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Tuesday, June 28, 2022
1 Nephi 1:2; KnoWhy #635
How Does the Book of Mormon Text Reflect a Seventh-Century-BC Israelite Writing Style?
Illustration to the Bible: Angel brings food and drink to the prophet Elijah by Gustave Dore, 1877.
Tuesday, July 5, 2022
Alma 8:18; KnoWhy #636
Why Did Ancient Prophets Follow Literary Patterns?
The Siege and Destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans Under the Command of Titus, A.D. 70. Painting by David Roberts, 1850 via Wikimedia Commons.
Tuesday, July 12, 2022
1 Nephi 17:43; KnoWhy #637
Why Did the Lord Allow Jerusalem to Be Destroyed?
Solomon's prayer at the consecration of the temple. Artist unknown.
Tuesday, July 19, 2022
Nehemiah 8:6; KnoWhy #638
Why Did Ancient Israelites Lift Their Hands in Praise?
Image of women gleaning in a field. Artist unknown.
Tuesday, July 26, 2022
Proverbs 31:10; KnoWhy #639
Why Were Women Important in Ancient Israel?
Job praying by Gary Kapp. Image via Church of Jesus Christ.
Tuesday, August 2, 2022
Job 42:5; KnoWhy #640
How Can the Book of Job Teach Us about the Temple?
Christ of Saint John on the Cross by Salvador Dali.
Tuesday, August 9, 2022
Psalm 22:16; KnoWhy #641
Does Psalm 22 Really Say “They Pierced My Hands and My Feet”?
Relief from a 2nd century Roman sarcophagus depicting a traditional Roman marriage. Image via the British Museum.
Tuesday, August 16, 2022
Psalm 73:23–24; KnoWhy #642
Why Does the Psalmist Speak about Grasping God’s Hand?
Abel and Melchizedek bringing their offerings to the altar. Mosaic in Basilica of St. Vitale, Ravenna. Image via templestudy.com
Tuesday, August 23, 2022
JST Genesis 14:13; KnoWhy #643
How Does the Joseph Smith Translation Teach Us about Melchizedek?
The personification of Wisdom with an understanding heart as described in Proverbs 8. Image generated with Midjourney AI.
Tuesday, August 30, 2022
Mosiah 12:27; KnoWhy #644
What Does It Mean to “Apply Your Heart to Understanding”?
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”?
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?
Portrait of Isaiah and Jesus Christ. Images generated by Midjourney.
Tuesday, September 20, 2022
; KnoWhy #647
How Did Isaiah Prophesy of the Savior?
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?
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: 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?
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?
A sarcophagus relief of Jonah and Jesus Christ.
Wednesday, November 23, 2022
Matthew 12:39–40; KnoWhy #652
What Is the Sign of Jonah?
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?
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?
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?
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 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?
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?
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?
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?