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The Four Stages of the Nephite Prophetic Worldview: Christ's Coming, Scattering of the Jews, Day of the Gentiles, and Final Victory. Image by Book of Mormon Central.
October 13, 2020
KnoWhy 580; 3 Nephi 20:32
How Did Christ Use the Nephite Prophetic Worldview?
Jesus Christ as a high priest. Artist Unknown.
September 8, 2020
KnoWhy 577; 3 Nephi title and heading
Why Should 3 Nephi Be Read as the Book of the High Priest Nephi?
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?
“Jacob” by Normandy Poulter and the BYU Virtual Scriptures Group.
March 11, 2020
KnoWhy #553; Jacob 1:10
Why Did Jacob Highlight Nephi’s Role as a Protector?
Light Bearers by Annie Henrie Nader. Image via AltusFineArt.com
February 18, 2020
KnoWhy #550; 2 Nephi 13:16–17
Why Does Isaiah Prophesy of the Daughter of Zion?
Still Image from “Jacob Teaches of the Atonement of Jesus Christ” via Gospel Media Library
February 13, 2020
KnoWhy #549; 2 Nephi 9:35
Why Did Jacob Condemn “Deliberately” Killing?
“Arco Roto” by Jorge Cocco
January 31, 2020
KnoWhy #548; 1 Nephi 16:18
Why Did Nephi’s “Fine Steel” Bow Break?
Image by Book of Mormon Central. Contains: Portrait of a Man, Said to be Christopher Columbus by Sebastiano del Piombo, ca. 1519 via Wikimedia Commons; World Map ca. 1689 via Wikimedia Commons; Photograph of the Book of Mormon by Jasmin Gimenez Rappleye.
January 23, 2020
KnoWhy #547; 1 Nephi 13:12
Why Did Nephi Prophesy of Christopher Columbus?
Still from “Lehi Sees a Vision of the Tree of Life” via Gospel Media Library
January 3, 2020
KnoWhy #544; 1 Nephi 8:7
Why Did Lehi and Jeremiah Find Themselves in a Dark and Dreary Wilderness?
“Mary, the Mother of Jesus” via Gospel Media Library
December 24, 2019
KnoWhy #543; 1 Nephi 11:22
Why Didn’t Nephi Mention Mary’s Name?
Still Image from Roman Plates Exhibit
December 12, 2019
KnoWhy #541; 2 Nephi 27:17
Why Was the Heavenly Book Sealed with Seven Seals?
Image by Book of Mormon Central
January 31, 2019
KnoWhy #500; Ether 6:9
Is the Book of Mormon Musical?
"Samuel en la muralla" and "Ultimas paginas" by Jorge Cocco
January 15, 2019
KnoWhy #498; Words of Mormon 1:4
How Does Prophecy Shape the Book of Mormon’s Content and Structure?
"Moroni Burying the Plates" by Tom Lovell
December 6, 2018
KnoWhy #491; 2 Nephi 26:16
How Are the Words of the Book of Mormon Like “One That Hath a Familiar Spirit”?
Stone Panel from the Central Palace of Tiglath-Pilesar III via the British Museum
October 16, 2018
KnoWhy #476; 1 Nephi 1:1
Why Does Nephi Begin by Saying “I, Nephi . . .”?
"Ye Shall Have My Words" by Judith Mehr
September 27, 2018
KnoWhy #471; 1 Nephi 11:2-3
Why Can Nephi’s Vision Be Called an Apocalypse?
“Lehi’s Family Leaving Jerusalem” by Scott Snow via LDS Media Library
September 6, 2018
KnoWhy #465; 1 Nephi 2:5
How Many Others Traveled with Lehi to the Promised Land?
Still Image from “Son of God”
September 4, 2018
KnoWhy #464; 1 Nephi 4:22
Who Were the “Elders of the Jews” Mentioned by Zoram?
“Jeremiah in Prison” by Robert T. Barrett
August 30, 2018
KnoWhy #463; 1 Nephi 7:14
How Could Nephi Have Known about Jeremiah’s Imprisonment?
“The Meeting of Esau and Jacob” by James Tissot
August 28, 2018
KnoWhy #462; 1 Nephi 2:22
Why Was It Significant that Nephi Was Made ‘a Ruler and a Teacher’ Over His Brethren?
Ancient Records by James H. Fullmer
August 23, 2018
KnoWhy #461; 1 Nephi 1:17
Where Is the Narrative Transition in 1 Nephi?
Photo by Stephen Leonardi on Unsplash
August 7, 2018
KnoWhy #456; 1 Nephi 8:20
Is the Path to Eternal Life “Strait” or “Straight"?
“Nefi ora con Liahona” by Jorge Cocco
July 5, 2018
KnoWhy #447; 1 Nephi 1:20
How Can We Be Delivered through the Lord’s Tender Mercies?
Lehi en el desierto by Jorge Cocco
June 28, 2018
KnoWhy #445; 1 Nephi 1:1
What Is So Good about Nephi’s Name?
The Bremner-Rhind Papyrus (305 BC) via The British Museum
June 21, 2018
KnoWhy #443; 1 Nephi 1:3
Why Did Book of Mormon Authors Use Colophons?
Paradise by Carlo Saraceni
June 19, 2018
KnoWhy #442; 1 Nephi 2:16
Why Did Nephi Want to Know the Mysteries of God?
Lehi's Dream by Jerry Thompson
April 24, 2018
KnoWhy #427; 1 Nephi 11:25
How Are Rod and Sword Connected to the Word of God?
Arco roto by Jorge Cocco
April 3, 2018
KnoWhy #421; 1 Nephi 16:23
Why Did Nephi Include the Story of the Broken Bow?
Compilation of Brother Joseph by David Lindsley and Moses and the Tablets by Jerry Harston
March 22, 2018
KnoWhy #418; 2 Nephi 3:18
How Lehi Likened the Scriptures to Himself
Joseph Is Sold by His Brothers by Ted Henninger
March 15, 2018
KnoWhy #416; 1 Nephi 18:18
How Was Nephi Similar to Joseph of Egypt?