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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?
Jorge Cocco's painting, "The Sower," which depicts a man walking with a bag of seeds and tossing them into soil along his path, as described in Jesus's parable.
March 21, 2023
KnoWhy #663; Luke 8:5, 8; cf. Matthew 13:3, 8; Mark 4:4, 8
How Does the Parable of the Sower Help Us Understand Lehi’s Vision of the Tree of Life?
The Tree of Life by Kaitlin Acosta. Submitted to the 2018 Book of Mormon Central Art Contest.
July 14, 2020
KnoWhy 569; Alma 33:23
Why Did Alma Talk about Planting a Seed in the Heart?
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?
“The great and spacious building” via Gospel Media Library
January 17, 2020
KnoWhy #546; 1 Nephi 12:18
What is the Significance of the Great and Spacious Building?
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?
"Tree of Life and Rod of Iron" by Jerry Thompson via LDS Media Library
October 9, 2018
KnoWhy #474; 1 Nephi 8:4
Why Are There So Many Similarities between the Dreams of Lehi and Joseph Smith, Sr.?
“The Olive Grove” by Nancy Andruk Olson
September 11, 2018
KnoWhy #466; 1 Nephi 10:12
Was Lehi Familiar with Zenos’s Allegory of the Olive Tree?
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?
Tree of Life by Krista Maureen Jones
February 1, 2018
KnoWhy #404; 1 Nephi 12:16–17
What Does an Ancient Book About Enoch Have to Do With Lehi’s Dream?
Photo by Andrey Grinkevich on Unsplash
January 25, 2018
KnoWhy #402; 1 Nephi 8:13–14
Why We Still Have to Cling to the Iron Rod Even Though the Path is Strait
Book of Mormon Central composition of The Tree of Life by Krista Maureen Jones and El sueño by Jorge Cocco
June 12, 2017
KnoWhy #325; 1 Nephi 8:8
Why Did Lehi Quote from a Psalm of Repentance In His Dream?
Image by Book of Mormon Central
April 28, 2017
KnoWhy #306; 2 Nephi 32:3
How Can One “Feast upon the Words of Christ”?
Image by Book of Mormon Central
March 15, 2017
KnoWhy #287; 2 Nephi 2:27
Why Did Lehi Teach About the “Two Ways”?
Image by Jerry Thompson via lds.org
January 16, 2017
KnoWhy #262; 1 Nephi 6:5–6
Why Did Nephi Work So Hard to Preserve the Wisdom He Had Received?
My Servant via Book of Mormon Central
October 24, 2016
KnoWhy #215; 3 Nephi 21:10
Who is the Servant Spoken of by Christ?
Jesus Sanando by Jorge Cocco
October 5, 2016
KnoWhy #202; 3 Nephi 11:17
Why Did the People Fall Down at the Feet of Jesus?
Image via stpeterslist.com
July 11, 2016
KnoWhy #140; Alma 32:40
Why Did Alma Use Creation Imagery in His Sermon on Faith?
Image courtesy Eco - Walking and Pedestrian-Friendly Initiatives (https://www.ecolife.zone/walking-and-pedestrian-friendly-initiatives/)
June 3, 2016
KnoWhy #114; Alma 7:19
Why Does Alma Mention Three Kinds of Paths in One Verse?
A deep wadi illustrating the great and terrible gulf in Lehi's dream
January 19, 2016
KnoWhy #14; 1 Nephi 12:18
What was the Great and Terrible Gulf in Lehi’s Dream?
Mary the mother of Jesus depicted as the Tree of Life
January 18, 2016
KnoWhy #13; 1 Nephi 11:18
What Does the Virgin Mary Have to Do with the Tree of Life?
The Tree of Life bearing white fruit
January 13, 2016
KnoWhy #10; 1 Nephi 8:11
What Fruit is White?