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June 3, 2024
KnoWhy #734; Alma 1:29
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.
May 27, 2024
KnoWhy #733; Mosiah 27:18–19
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.
May 21, 2024
KnoWhy #732; Mosiah 20:11
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.
May 14, 2024
KnoWhy #731; Mosiah 13:5
How Was Abinadi a Prophet “Like unto Moses”?
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May 7, 2024
KnoWhy #730; Mosiah 9:3
How Was Zeniff Overzealous?
San Bartolo Accession scene drawn by Traci Wright.
April 30, 2024
KnoWhy #729; Mosiah 2:10
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.
April 23, 2024
KnoWhy #728; Helaman 5:9
How Did Later Prophets Utilize the Teachings of King Benjamin?
“‘Which Purpose I Know Not’” by Eternity Stovall
April 16, 2024
KnoWhy #727; Omni 1:12
Who Was Amaleki?
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April 9, 2024
KnoWhy #726; Jacob 5:3
How Did Zenos’s Parable of the Vineyard Reflect the Ancient Temple?
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April 2, 2024
KnoWhy #725; Jacob 1:17
Why Is Jacob’s Distinctive Voice Significant?
Original images courtesy The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Edits by Scripture Central.
March 26, 2024
KnoWhy #724; 2 Nephi 26:16
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.
March 19, 2024
KnoWhy #723; 2 Nephi 31:21
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.
March 12, 2024
KnoWhy #722; 2 Nephi 27:30
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.
March 5, 2024
KnoWhy #721; 2 Nephi 25:20
How Did Nephi Liken Looking to Christ with Looking to the Brazen Serpent?
February 27, 2024
KnoWhy #720; 2 Nephi 25:6
Why Is Ancient Near Eastern History and Geography Helpful for Understanding Isaiah?
“At the Waters of Babylon” by Gebhard Fugel. Public Domain Image.
February 20, 2024
KnoWhy #719; 2 Nephi 10:20
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.
February 14, 2024
KnoWhy #718; 2 Nephi 5:21
What Is the “Skin of Blackness” in the Book of Mormon?
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.
February 9, 2024
KnoWhy #716; 2 Nephi 5:16
How Are Some Ancient American Temples Similar to the Temple of Solomon?
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February 6, 2024
KnoWhy #715; 2 Nephi 1:23
Why Does Lehi Tell His Sons to “Arise from the Dust”?
"The Discovery of America" by Johann Moritz Rugendas. Public Domain Image
February 2, 2024
KnoWhy #714; 1 Nephi 22:7–8
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.
January 30, 2024
KnoWhy #713; 1 Nephi 16:34
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.
January 26, 2024
KnoWhy #712; 1 Nephi 13:13, 19
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.)
January 23, 2024
KnoWhy #711; 1 Nephi 13:5
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.
January 16, 2024
KnoWhy #710; 1 Nephi 8:10-11
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.
January 11, 2024
KnoWhy 709; 1 Nephi 3:3
Who Was Laban?
Lehi walks the streets of Jerusalem. Image courtesy The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
January 9, 2024
KnoWhy #708; 1 Nephi 1:4
Why Did Lehi Live in Jerusalem?
Detail from “Moroni and Joseph” by Jorge Cocco Santangelo
January 2, 2024
KnoWhy #707; Joseph Smith—History 1:54
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.
December 28, 2023
KnoWhy #706; Title Page of the Book of Mormon
How Does the Book of Mormon Fulfill the Purposes Declared on the Title Page?
“I Saw Another Angel Fly” by Jorge Cocco
December 12, 2023
KnoWhy #703; Revelation 14:6
Who Was the Angel in Heaven with the Everlasting Gospel that John Saw?
Photo of Hebrew text by Ri Butov from Pixabay
March 7, 2023
KnoWhy #661; 1 Nephi 12:6–7
Why Are There Hebraisms in the Book of Mormon?