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Detail from “Christ in Limbo,” a 15th-century fresco by Fra Angelico.
November 21, 2023
KnoWhy #700; 1 Peter 4:6
Why Did Jesus Preach to the Dead?
A sarcophagus relief of Jonah and Jesus Christ.
November 23, 2022
KnoWhy 652; Matthew 12:39–40
What Is the Sign of Jonah?
Covered wagons traveling in Utah shortly before the Mountain Meadows Massacre, September 1857. Portraits of John D. Lee (left) and Brigham Young (right).
June 14, 2022
KnoWhy #633; Doctrine and Covenants 98:34
Why Were Violent Acts like the Mountain Meadows Massacre Committed by Latter-day Saints?
Battle Scene by Sebastiaen Vrancx. Image via Wikimedia Commons.
November 24, 2020
KnoWhy 586; Ether 14:21–23
Why Were the Unburied Dead So Troubling to the Jaredites?
Nephi praying upon his tower. Drawing by Jody Livingston.
August 25, 2020
KnoWhy 575; Helaman 7:15
Why Does Helaman 7–8 Feel Like a Funeral Speech?
Amulon Fleeing by James Fullmer.
May 12, 2020
KnoWhy 561; Mosiah 19:24
Why is a “Ceremony” Mentioned After King Noah is Executed?
Photo by David Kovalenko on Unsplash
November 14, 2017
KnoWhy #381; Mosiah 21:11
How Can We Stop the Cycle of Revenge?
Image by GVS via Adobe Stock
May 19, 2017
KnoWhy #315; Alma 40:11
What Does the Book of Mormon Teach about the Afterlife?
The Lord Created All Things via lds.org
May 12, 2017
KnoWhy #312; Alma 42:5, 8, 13, 15
Why Are There So Many Different Names for the Plan of Salvation?
Batalla del Rio Sidon by Jorge Cocco
February 13, 2017
KnoWhy #274; Alma 27:24
Why were the People of Ammon Exempted from Military Duty?
Image by Book of Mormon Central
February 1, 2017
KnoWhy #269; 2 Nephi 2:22–25
Why Did Lehi Teach that the Fall was Necessary?
Lehi's Sons Offering Riches to Laban by Jerry Thompson
January 2, 2017
KnoWhy #256; 1 Nephi 4:18
Was Nephi’s Slaying of Laban Legal?
Christ Ordains the Apostles via LDS Media Library
December 9, 2016
KnoWhy #249; Moroni 2:3
Why Did Moroni Keep Writing?
Consequences of Two Kings by Brian C. Hailes
December 8, 2016
KnoWhy #248; Ether 15:31
How Could Shiz Move and Breathe After Being Beheaded?
Mormon Bids Farewell to a Once Great Nation by Arnold Friberg
November 16, 2016
KnoWhy #232; Mormon 6:17
How Did Mormon React to Seeing His People Slain?
Siege of the Stripling Sons by Brian Hailes
November 15, 2016
KnoWhy #231; Mormon 6:14
How Could So Many People Have Died at the Battle of Cumorah?
Lamanites sacrificing a woman by Jody Livingston
November 11, 2016
KnoWhy #229; Mormon 4:14
Why Did the Lamanites Sacrifice Women and Children to Idols?
Mormon Abridging the Plates by Tom Lovell
November 9, 2016
KnoWhy #227; Mormon 2:18
Why Did Mormon Write So Little about His Own Time Period?
Fifth Gospel by Book of Mormon Central
November 2, 2016
KnoWhy #222; 3 Nephi 27:21
Why Is 3 Nephi Sometimes Called the “Fifth Gospel”?
Christ Blessing the Nephite Children by Ted Henninger
October 31, 2016
KnoWhy #220; 3 Nephi 26:14
Why Are Children So Prominent in 3 Nephi?
Adaptation of Zemnarihah Hung by James Fullmer
September 21, 2016
KnoWhy #192; 3 Nephi 4:28
Why Did the People Cut Down the Tree after Hanging Zemnarihah?
Seantum by Briana Shawcroft
September 5, 2016
KnoWhy #180; Helaman 9:35–36
Why Could Seantum be Convicted Without Any Witnesses?
Aztec market of Tlatelolco by Diego Rivera
September 1, 2016
KnoWhy #178; Helaman 7:10
Why Did Nephi Prophesy Near “the Highway Which Led to the Chief Market?”
Kishkumen by James Fullmer
August 25, 2016
KnoWhy #173; Helaman 2:9
Why was Helaman’s Servant Justified in Killing Kishkumen?
"Christian Converts" by Minerva Teichert
June 29, 2016
KnoWhy #132; Alma 24:12
What is the Symbolism of the Stained Swords of the Anti-Nephi-Lehies?
The End of the World by John Martin.
June 16, 2016
KnoWhy #123; Alma 16:9–11
Why Was the City of Ammonihah Destroyed and Left Desolate?
"In Similitude" by Joseph Brickey.
June 15, 2016
KnoWhy #122; Alma 15:17
Why Did the People of Sidom Go to the Altar for Deliverance?
He is Not Here by Walter Rane
May 31, 2016
KnoWhy #111; Alma 5:9
Why Did Alma Add “Chains of Hell” to Abinadi’s Phrase “Bands of Death”?
The execution of Nehor. Image via lds.org.
May 26, 2016
KnoWhy #108; Alma 1:15
Why Did Nehor Suffer an “Ignominious” Death?
Representation of a new fire ceremony. Image from Codex Borbonicus via Wikimedia Commons.
May 10, 2016
KnoWhy #96; Mosiah 17:13
Why was Abinadi Scourged with Faggots?