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Dante Alighieri and Beatrice Portinari gazing into the Empyrean Light by Gustave Doré
Tuesday, September 6, 2016
Helaman 10:8; KnoWhy #181
Why is There Temple Imagery in Helaman 10?
“Death by Hunger” by Vasyl Krychevsky
Wednesday, September 7, 2016
Helaman 11:4; KnoWhy #182
How Did Nephi Use the Power to Seal on Earth and in Heaven?
Sunset in Orbit by Romolo Tavani
Thursday, September 8, 2016
Helaman 12:7; KnoWhy #183
Why Did Mormon Say the Children of Men are Less than the Dust of the Earth?
Composite image of Samuel en la Muralla and Samuel en la Muralla 2, by Jorge Cocco, withe Mayan Calendar added by Book of Mormon Central
Friday, September 9, 2016
Helaman 13:5; KnoWhy #184
Why Did Samuel Make Such Chronologically Precise Prophecies?
Composite He aqui soy Jesucristo and Samuel en la muralla by Jorge Cocco
Monday, September 12, 2016
Helaman 14:1; KnoWhy #185
Why did Samuel Rely So Heavily on the Words of Past Prophets?
Jesus Sanando by Jorge Cocco
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
Helaman 15:4; KnoWhy #186
Why Did Samuel Say the Lord “Hated” the Lamanites?
The Angel Appearing to the Shepherds by Govert Flinck
Wednesday, September 14, 2016
Helaman 16:14; KnoWhy #187
Why Does Mormon State that ‘Angels Did Appear unto Wise Men’?
Photo by Dan Collier via Adobe Stock
Thursday, September 15, 2016
3 Nephi 1:15; KnoWhy #188
How was There a Night Without Darkness?
Rattlesnake by James Fullmer
Friday, September 16, 2016
3 Nephi 2:3; KnoWhy #189
Why Were Many Nephites So Quick to Disbelieve the Signs of Christ’s Coming?
Ultimas Paginas by Jorge Cocco
Monday, September 19, 2016
3 Nephi 3:2; KnoWhy #190
Why was Giddianhi So Polite?
The Gadianton robbers and their lamb-skin. Image by Book of Mormon Central.
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
3 Nephi 4:7; KnoWhy #191
Why Did the Gadianton Robbers Wear a Lamb Skin?
Adaptation of Zemnarihah Hung by James Fullmer
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
3 Nephi 4:28; KnoWhy #192
Why Did the People Cut Down the Tree after Hanging Zemnarihah?
Reno Nevada Temple Angel Moroni
Thursday, September 22, 2016
Testimony of the Prophet Joseph Smith, front of 2013 edition of the Book of Mormon; cf. Joseph Smith—History 1:59; KnoWhy #193
Why Did Moroni Deliver the Plates on September 22?
Mormon 4 by Jorge Cocco
Friday, September 23, 2016
3 Nephi 5:12; KnoWhy #194
Why Did Mormon Introduce Himself in 3 Nephi 5?
Jesus Heals the Sick by Carl Bloch
Monday, September 26, 2016
3 Nephi 6:10; KnoWhy #195
Why Did the “Pride Cycle” Destroy the Nephite Nation?
Las aguas de mormon by Jorge Cocco
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
3 Nephi 7:23-24; KnoWhy #196
How Was Nephi, Son of Nephi, Similar to John the Baptist?
Eruption of the Cordón Caulle Volcano in central Chile in 2011, via Reuters
Wednesday, September 28, 2016
3 Nephi 8:20; KnoWhy #197
What Caused the Darkness and Destruction in the 34th Year?
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Thursday, September 29, 2016
3 Nephi 9:19-20; KnoWhy #198
Why Did Jesus Tell All People to Sacrifice a Broken Heart and a Contrite Spirit?
Image via lds.org
Friday, September 30, 2016
3 Nephi 11:1; KnoWhy #199
Is there Precedent for General Conference in the Book of Mormon?
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Monday, October 3, 2016
3 Nephi 10:4; KnoWhy #200
Why Did Jesus Christ Compare Himself to a Hen?
Jesus by James Fullmer
Tuesday, October 4, 2016
3 Nephi 11:10; KnoWhy #201
Why Has 3 Nephi Been Called “the Focal Point, the Supreme Moment” in the Book of Mormon?
Jesus Sanando by Jorge Cocco
Wednesday, October 5, 2016
3 Nephi 11:17; KnoWhy #202
Why Did the People Fall Down at the Feet of Jesus?
Sermon on the Mount, Henrik Olrik
Thursday, October 6, 2016
3 Nephi 12:6; KnoWhy #203
Why Did Jesus Deliver a Version of the Sermon on the Mount at the Temple in Bountiful?
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Friday, October 7, 2016
3 Nephi 13:9; Matthew 6:9; cf. Luke 11:2; KnoWhy #204
Why Is the Lord's Prayer Different in 3 Nephi?
The Last Judgment by John Scott
Monday, October 10, 2016
3 Nephi 14:21; KnoWhy #205
Why Did Jesus Say that Some Well-Intentioned People Will Be Told to Depart?
The Holy of Holies, illustration from the 1890 Holman Bible
Tuesday, October 11, 2016
3 Nephi 14:13-14; KnoWhy #206
What Makes 3 Nephi the Holy of Holies of the Book of Mormon?
The Good Shepherd via lds.org
Wednesday, October 12, 2016
3 Nephi 15:21; cf. John 10:16; KnoWhy #207
Why Did Jesus Say That There Were “Other Sheep” Who Would Hear His Voice?
The Sermon on the Mount, Carl Heinrich Bloch.
Thursday, October 13, 2016
3 Nephi 16:6; KnoWhy #208
Why is the Sermon at the Temple Echoed throughout the Rest of 3 Nephi?
Christo en America, Jorge Cocco Craquelure
Friday, October 14, 2016
3 Nephi 17:21; KnoWhy #209
Why Did Jesus Minister to the People One by One?
I Am the Light of the World by James Fullmer
Monday, October 17, 2016
3 Nephi 17:17; KnoWhy #210
Why Has 3 Nephi Been Called the Crown Jewel of the Book of Mormon?