QUESTIONS FROM READERS
(Note centered heading below: List by Scripture [Seeming Contradictions Are Found Under the First of the Scriptures Involved])
144,000:
literal number?: w60 384
“other sheep” to know who comprise?: w62 95
replace fallen angels?: w53 543
rule “over” or “on” earth? (Re 5:10): w74 735-736; w60 383-384
1914, calendar error mean not end of Gentile times?: w61 511-512
40, any symbolic significance?: w64 160
430 years between Abrahamic and Law covenants? (Ga 3:17): w53 159
Aaron:
why not punished for making golden calf?: w52 159
why not punished with Miriam?: w52 287-288
Abel:
how old when murdered?: w67 383-384
offer female firstlings?: w52 640
why God accepted sacrifice: w63 288
‘Abijah, division of,’ helps determine Jesus’ birth date (Lu 1:5-26): w54 382-383
abortion:
justified by health danger?: w75 191-192
wrong in view of Exodus 21:22, 23?: w77 478-480
Abraham:
a wife-sister relationship with Sarah?: w85 3/1 31
given “woman damages” when Abimelech returned Sarah?: w58 95
how old was Terah at Abraham’s birth?: w57 671
not a Jew: w51 31
purchase of burial place: w75 735-736
why say that he and Isaac would return? (Ge 22:5): w68 672
abyss:
Satan’s binding: w69 127-128; w51 542
Satan’s loosing from, when?: w52 670-671
Adam:
created in the autumn?: w51 447-448
date of creation: w55 93-95
die from eating imperfect food outside Eden?: w56 159
Jehovah speak directly to?: w78 11/1 31
skin color: w76 255-256
Adam and Eve:
predestined to die?: w85 3/15 31
why ashamed of nudeness after sinning?: w55 351
why no child before sinning?: w58 63
adoption:
proper for Christian couple?: w66 415-416
adultery:
confession to mate required?: w73 351-352; w68 319-320
Agabus’ prophecy of famine, fulfilled earth wide?: w67 543-544
alcohol:
alcoholism a disease?: w84 10/15 31
Scriptural view: w51 510
alien resident in Israel, why allowed to eat “dead bodies”?: w57 383
‘Alpha and Omega,’ Jehovah or Jesus Christ? (Re 22:13): w53 31
Amalekites, Bible refer to even before Amalek’s birth?: w67 767
Amos, nipper of figs: w76 192
angels:
“spirits,” “flame of fire” (Heb 1:7): w83 4/1 31
to be judged by Christians? (1Co 6:3): w79 12/1 30-31
worship Jesus? (Heb 1:6): w70 702-704; w54 317-319
animals:
all vegetarian when created and in new system of things?: w61 766
distinction between clean and unclean before Flood?: w52 639-640
in the ark, seven or seven pairs? (Ge 7:2): w54 127
‘no death’ of Revelation 21:4 apply?: w50 399
why some seem suited to killing if all vegetarians at first?: w69 543-544
anniversaries:
proper to celebrate?: w71 735-736; w61 416
anointed:
called “angels” when resurrected?: w69 735
how can a Christian determine if he is?: w52 63-64
how many in early centuries?: w72 415-416
how many in first century?: w52 62
how will earthly course end in new system of things?: w76 383-384
is Jehovah still selecting some?: w70 382-384
“other sheep” to know resurrected ones?: w62 95
reinstated, still have heavenly hope?: w76 158-159
will resurrected ones share in destruction at Armageddon?: w56 639
answers in Watchtower: w68 318; w60 671-672
anthems:
proper to stand?: w74 62-63; w60 127-128
Apocrypha:
why publication refers to 1 Maccabees?: w84 11/1 31
apostates “weeds”? (Mt 13:38): w84 3/1 31
“apples” mentioned in Bible really apples?: w67 383
ark of covenant, what was kept inside?: w62 543-544
Armageddon:
hastened by more zealous witness?: w62 415
only baptized Witnesses to survive?: w71 63-64
people who never heard Kingdom message to survive?: w65 575-576
will God’s people know date in advance? (Ge 7:4): w63 223
will small children who die have resurrection?: w50 463
wrong to pray for coming? (Mt 5:44): w68 479
Asahel, how a commander in David’s army if dead before David’s kingship?: w67 704
astrologers who visited Jesus:
actually astrologers?: w63 447-448
star possibly from God?: w51 764
visit Jesus in Nazareth?: w51 764
where and when?: w79 12/15 30
bad thoughts, why do they come to mind?: w73 511-512
Balaam, why was Jehovah angry when he went to Balak?: w55 286-287
bankruptcy, proper to file for?: w68 223-224
baptism:
dying to “past course of life” and not “own will”?: w59 31-32
for one in poor health?: w79 5/1 31
illegal aliens: w77 191-192
in Jesus’ name, washes away sins? (Ac 2:38): w57 511
performed by sisters, valid?: w73 479-480
proper attire for women at time of: w73 254-255
questions regarding validity: w56 762-763
restitution for thefts before?: w78 9/15 30-31
same in Ephesians 4:5 and Matthew 28:19?: w68 703
why Jesus performed none: w60 512
Bar Mitzvah, may Christian attend?: w78 10/15 31
Bath-sheba’s “uncleanness” menstruation? (2Sa 11:4): w73 479
beard worn by Jesus?: w68 286-288
“being,” applicable to humans?: w58 764
Bethlehem photo of sheep in field on December 24: w69 703-704
bills, Christian view of payment: w71 127-128
birth control:
intrauterine device: w79 5/15 30-31; w69 766-767
pills: w64 159
proper to use?: w69 766; w51 159
sterilization acceptable?: w85 5/1 31; w75 158-160
wrong in view of Onan’s case?: w73 255-256
birthdays: w80 7/15 30-31; w51 607
birth pains (Ge 3:16): w60 287; w54 415
birthstones: w67 576
black people descend from whom?: w67 543
blessing from parents or grandparents proper?: w73 447-448
blood:
accept bone-marrow transplant?: w84 5/15 31
‘asking back’ from animal (Ge 9:5): w75 639
blood test?: w78 6/15 30
check food for?: w78 6/15 31
feed pet food containing?: w81 10/15 30-31
if one is guest in home where unbled meat is served: w56 95
lecithin in food from?: w79 3/15 31
prohibition apply only to victim killed by man?: w83 4/15 30-31
questions about: w78 6/15 29-31; w61 669-670; w51 414-416
serums and vaccines acceptable?: w78 6/15 30-31; w74 351-352; w61 670
use fertilizer containing?: w81 10/15 30-31; w64 127-128
use leeches to draw off?: w82 6/15 31
bloodguilt from car accident resulting in death?: w63 510-511
blood transfusion:
a disfellowshipping offense?: w61 63-64
“artificial blood” acceptable?: w84 1/15 31
Christian to submit if court orders?: w73 543-544; w67 511-512
for pets?: w64 127-128
receive one’s own blood?: w78 6/15 29-30; w59 640
boxing, can Christian take up?: w81 7/1 30-31
“breath of life” and “spirit”: w81 1/1 31
brother, why use term in congregation?: w62 351-352; w51 574-575
Cain:
where did he get wife?: w52 352
why God rejected sacrifice: w63 288
camel through needle’s eye, literal? (Mt 19:24; Mr 10:25): w67 575-576; w51 319-320
Cana, many present at wedding feast?: w84 11/1 31
Canaan, why cursed by Noah? (Ge 9:25): w53 478-479
capital punishment:
do courts have right?: w52 158-159
Witnesses’ view: w72 480
charities, Christian contribute to?: w61 672
cherubs and seraphs, which has higher position?: w61 447
childbirth and pregnancy pains (Ge 3:16):
even if Eve had not sinned?: w54 415
modern methods diminish truthfulness?: w60 287
children:
illegitimate children can become Christians (De 23:2): w74 224
insist they attend meetings?: w75 319-320; w52 414-415
live with worldly relatives?: w82 8/15 30-31
obey parents if forbidden to study Bible?: w73 671-672
parental obligations toward mentally retarded: w63 383
rebellious: w60 287-288
secular education: w75 542-544; w70 479-480
training of, the wife’s job?: w76 703-704
training when one parent is unbeliever: w60 735-736
viewed as “holy” (1Co 7:14): w76 575-576
why decline holiday classwork?: w84 11/15 31
why some leave truth, in view of Proverbs 22:6?: w62 479
Christendom:
definition: w81 8/1 31
rulers of, denunciations in Watchtower proper in view of Acts 23:1-5?: w60 63-64
Christianity impractical?: w72 639
Christians, divine origin of name (Ac 11:26): w51 255
Christmas:
accept bonus?: w79 11/1 31-32; w65 768
accept gifts?: w59 736
attend family meal?: w79 11/1 31; w67 734-735
how Witnesses can deal with problems: w59 736
photos of sheep in pasture near Jerusalem: w69 703-704; w57 319
tree put up by unbelieving wife?: w60 735
tree referred to by Jeremiah 10:3-5?: w50 522-523
chronology:
dates given by Egyptologists: w61 575-576
generations between Abraham and Jesus, how many? (Mt 1:17): w70 543
why Jewish, differs: w75 63-64
city of refuge, modern-day significance: w57 95
civil defense and fallout shelters: w62 192
clothing:
extreme styles: w66 735-736
slacks, should women wear?: w51 607-608
what is proper?: w72 222-224
Commentary on James, page 47, mean all Christians?: w81 1/15 31
community issues or social concerns: w83 3/1 30-31
confidentiality (Pr 20:19): w71 222-224
constellations of Job 38:31, 32: w53 703
contract between Christians imply lack of trust?: w73 287-288
court, taking fellow believer to: w73 703-704; w63 160; w55 126-127
Dan, when name first applied to city?: w67 416
dancing: w65 31-32
dating:
a non-Witness: w74 607
what age proper for youths to start?: w66 702-703
when not free to remarry: w80 8/1 30-31
David:
serious mistakes: w80 6/15 31
seventh or eighth son of Jesse?: w64 543
why allowed wife to have teraphim (1Sa 19:12, 13): w65 96
why a sin to take a census? (2Sa 24): w69 190
why first child of David and Bath-sheba died in view of Deuteronomy 24:16?: w60 479-480
day of Jehovah: w51 31
debates on religious teachings, Society policy: w54 510-511
Deborah a judge?: w80 11/1 30
Delilah an Israelite?: w76 64
demons:
able to read minds?: w62 415
abyssed with Satan for a thousand years?: w52 479
cast out through prayer, possible today?: w74 447
demon of Mark 9:29 cast out through prayer: w82 6/1 31
origin and Jesus’ preaching to: w51 702-703
when destroyed?: w65 384
why want to go into swine?: w53 190-191
Dinah raped?: w85 6/15 31
dinosaurs, when created and when extinct?: w73 447
disassociated persons: w82 1/15 31
disasters, Satan responsible for?: w74 735
disfellowship if offender claims baptism invalid?: w60 159-160
disfellowshipped persons:
attending meetings, proper for marriage mate to sit next to?: w59 448
business relationship with?: w52 735
help for those who have disfellowshipped relatives: w83 1/1 30-31
if brother continues to associate with: w55 607
no greeting only for promoters of false doctrine? (2Jo 10): w85 7/15 30-31
partake at Memorial?: w56 383
prayer for?: w79 10/15 31; w71 383-384
treatment by faithful relatives: w70 351-352; w52 703-704
divorce:
allowable if other acts of adultery discovered after forgiving single act?: w74 511-512
divorced and remarried person acceptable for baptism?: w68 575-576
divorced before becoming Christian, free to remarry?: w80 1/15 30-31
divorced wife share marital bed with ex-mate?: w82 9/1 31
for ‘adultery in heart’?: w77 255-256; w53 734
for porneia?: w72 766-768
for wife-beating?: w75 286-288
if not yet final may Christian date?: w68 255-256
masturbation grounds for?: w74 160
on basis of mate’s admission of adultery?: w77 607-608
should Christian wife oppose?: w77 31-32
when may adulterous mate obtain?: w74 671-672
doctors, Witnesses’ viewpoint: w75 415
“drawings,” may Christian accept ticket for?: w73 127
drugs:
painkillers wrong to use?: w78 3/15 32
earlobes pierced, proper for Christian women?: w74 318-319
earth:
electrical ring threaten life on?: w55 511
still under a curse?: w51 638-639
unique for ‘great bodies of water’: w61 447-448
earthquakes:
in new system of things?: w60 672
Jesus’ mention of, symbolic? (Mt 24:7): w63 671
Edomites defeated in Valley of Salt by whom?: w79 6/15 31
education:
secular for children: w75 542-544; w70 479-480
elders:
children’s conduct: w84 5/15 30-31; w78 2/1 31-32; w72 126
how holy spirit operates in appointment of: w85 8/1 31
why “a husband of one wife” (1Ti 3:2): w80 9/15 31
wife’s conduct: w72 126
“elementary things of the world” (Ga 4:3; Col 2:8, 20): w71 415-416
Elisha’s miracles: w63 95-96
Emphatic Diaglott, mistake in footnote on 1 John 5:7: w51 95
employment by religious organizations: w64 703
engagement, breaking: w75 382-384; w68 606-607
Enoch, death: w62 159-160
Ephesians, letter for Laodiceans?: w53 126-127
ephod of Israel’s priests: w65 224
Ethiopian eunuch became Christian before Cornelius, why?: w54 703
Eve, how serpent communicated: w84 9/1 31
everlasting life and immortality: w84 4/1 30-31
evil, does Jehovah create? (Isa 45:7, AS): w51 255
evildoers impaled with Jesus:
how fastened to stake?: w66 63
Luke’s and Matthew’s accounts harmonized: w50 367
Ezekiel, a watchman to Israel although in Babylon?: w76 223
“faithful and discreet slave,” how helped by holy spirit?: w54 638-639
fasts:
by Israelites, purpose: w53 285-287
obligatory for Christians in view of Matthew 9:15; 17:21 (KJ); and Acts 13:2?: w53 285-287
“Father”, who may address God as?: w74 447-448
fig tree, why cursed by Jesus?: w72 95-96; w50 335
final test during or after Millennium?: w52 670-671
fine, paying: w75 223-224
firstborn dead from tenth plague, only male?: w61 735
fish, bleed before eating?: w73 224
fishing and hunting: w54 286-287
flag:
raising and lowering?: w77 63-64
standing for salute: w74 62-63
Flood:
both rain and upsurging from below? (Ge 7:11; 8:2): w62 575
clean and unclean animals distinguished: w52 639-640
earth wide in view of animals in isolated lands?: w62 64
Noah and family in ark seven days before?: w57 639
where dove found olive leaf: w66 415
flowers:
proper for funerals?: w70 575-576
proper to put on grave?: w70 575-576
food left after Jesus’ miracles: w76 192
foot-washing ceremony for Christians? (Joh 13:4-16): w50 271
foreknowledge, not used by Jehovah in Adam’s case: w51 31-32
forgive, how many times Jesus told Peter to: w69 383-384
forgive sins, some humans authorized? (Joh 20:23): w69 255-256
funerals:
may Christians attend at church?: w70 191-192
proper to send flowers?: w70 575-576
gambling:
with small money stakes: w80 9/1 29-30
wrong?: w80 9/1 29-30; w54 93-95
generation of Matthew 24:34: w80 10/15 31; w78 10/1 31
Gentile Times: w51 383
“goat-shaped demons”: w69 607
godparents, proper view of: w72 511-512
governing body (first century):
Paul a member?: w85 12/1 31
Governing Body (modern-day):
why term used?: w72 703-704
graffiti, proper way to witness?: w57 479
grave, proper to put flowers on?: w70 575-576
“great crowd”:
become part of Jehovah’s universal organization?: w85 10/15 31
included in ‘general priesthood’?: w63 415-416
“great tribulation”:
Jesus now know date for?: w75 768
of 70 C.E., how ‘never occur again’?: w78 8/15 31
Greber’s New Testament, why not used in Watchtower: w83 4/1 31
ha Adhohn applies only to Jehovah?: w81 8/1 31
Hagar carry Ishmael although a teenager? (Ge 21:14, 15): w63 128
hair:
how does “nature itself teach” long hair is glory for women and dishonor for men? (1Co 11:14, 15): w68 191
wrong for women to cut?: w51 127
handicaps, God responsible for? (Ex 4:11): w74 319-320
hats, proper for men to tip to women?: w52 254-255
head coverings:
for sisters at meetings?: w50 303
for sisters in Theocratic Ministry School?: w61 352
for sisters when conducting Bible study in presence of baptized male?: w60 191-192
for sisters when interpreting for deaf?: w77 383
for sisters when praying in presence of baptized male?: w60 191-192
why not for men in view of Jewish temple priests?: w68 383-384
health products, does Society endorse?: w52 95-96
high priest during David’s reign, Zadoc or Abiathar?: w67 128
Hitler, petition to excommunicate sent to Pope Pius XII: w62 672
Hobab, Moses’ brother-in-law or father-in-law?: w56 351
holiday, accept invitation or invite someone on: w59 479
holy spirit:
do anointed have more than “other sheep”?: w52 255-256
how “grieved”: w68 415-416
why referred to in NW as both “he” and “it”?: w61 256
horsemen of Apocalypse, how many?: w80 1/1 31
Hosea’s withholding sex from wife: w76 447
hunting and fishing: w54 286-287
husbands, ‘as though without wives’ (1Co 7:29): w75 351-352
hybrids, proper to cross plants or animals?: w54 62-63
idols, photographs of individuals?: w50 496
illegal aliens, may they be baptized?: w77 191-192
illustrations:
new patch, old garment: w78 4/15 32
new wine, old wineskins: w51 734-735
Immanuel, how was Jesus called? (Isa 7:14; Mt 1:23): w70 223-224; w52 191
immorality, what can individuals do to stem tide of?: w58 223
immortal creature, could Jehovah destroy if he wished?: w56 219
immortality and everlasting life: w84 4/1 30-31
impalement, Jewish custom?: w52 223
Isaac:
five years old when weaned?: w62 671-672
why have to be tied if willing to serve as sacrifice?: w68 575
Israelites:
12 tribes returned from Babylon?: w85 5/15 31
clothing in wilderness not wear out?: w57 31
how many fell because of fornication, 23,000 or 24,000?: w66 223
two million left Egypt with only 22,273 firstborn males?: w63 767
Jacob:
number in household when moved into Egypt: w83 6/1 31
why allowed to impersonate Esau?: w64 575
why angel touched socket of thigh joint (Ge 32:25): w64 480
why called a Syrian? (De 26:5): w54 703
why embalmed?: w76 479-480
Jehovah:
ha Adhohn applies only to Jehovah?: w81 8/1 31
omnipresent?: w51 607
partial in choosing nation of Israel?: w70 735-736
protection by, to what extent today?: w64 94-96
“regret” over creating man (Ge 6:6): w70 287-288; w54 190
seen by man? (Ex 24:10): w51 478
voice of, anyone on earth ever hear?: w60 255
why pronouns referring to, not always capitalized in publications?: w57 703
why spoken of as Jehovah God?: w58 190-191
YHWH or YHVH in Hebrew?: w60 31
Jehovah’s Witnesses:
believe in Jesus Christ?: w76 639-640
converting or proselyting work done by?: w64 607-608
exist in all periods of history?: w65 191-192
once a member, always a member?: w84 7/1 31
teachings based on NW?: w59 672
why call each other “brother” and “sister”?: w62 351-352
Jerusalem, how ‘in slavery’? (Ga 4:25): w85 9/15 31
“Jerusalem above,” remnant a part?: w85 10/15 30-31
Jesus Christ:
able to produce perfect children while on earth?: w67 319
angels worship? (Heb 1:6): w70 702-704; w54 317-319
angel who guided Israel? (Ex 23:20-23): w63 735-736
any disrespect for his mother? (Joh 2:4): w70 127-128
as Logos, used in giving law to Moses?: w63 735-736
baptism, was dove materialized?: w62 768
baptism, when did Jesus’ baptism begin for his followers?: w54 606
baptism, why a dove in view of use in pagan religions?: w62 768
beard worn by?: w68 286-288
become unclean when touched dead girl? (Mt 9:25): w72 448
birth date, determined from John’s conception (Lu 1:5-26): w54 382-383
born 2 B.C.E.?: w50 271-272
Christ and Christ Jesus, difference?: w58 703-704
Christians worship?: w54 30-31
dead when soldier pierced side?: w69 191-192; w51 479
genealogy, why both Matthew and Luke include Shealtiel and Zerubbabel?: w66 384
genealogy, why Matthew 1 and Luke 3 differ?: w62 158-159; w57 191
given a ‘name above every other’ (Php 2:9): w83 1/15 31
“God” at Hebrews 1:8?: w84 3/1 31
had knowledge of good and bad? (Ge 3:22): w79 3/1 31
how called Immanuel? (Isa 7:14; Mt 1:23): w70 223-224; w52 191
how forsaken by God? (Mt 27:46): w51 63
impaled with a nail through each hand? (Joh 20:25): w84 4/1 31; w69 639-640
impalement, for what garment did soldiers cast lots?: w67 191
impalement, sign above his head (I.N.R.I.): w67 160
impalement, timing of: w51 670-671
in the tomb 72 hours?: w73 766-768; w58 736; w50 303
know during childhood of Messiahship and prehuman existence?: w52 31-32
“mediator” only for anointed?: w79 4/1 31
outcry on stake (Mt 27:46): w72 256; w58 415
physically disfigured in some way? (Isa 52:14): w66 639-640
resurrected in the flesh?: w75 478-479
return in the flesh?: w80 1/15 31
right to Kingdom annulled by Jeremiah 22:30?: w84 6/15 30-31
same as Jehovah? (Zec 11:12, 13; Mt 27:9, 10): w59 224
same as Jehovah? (Zec 12:10; Joh 19:37): w53 511
sweat like blood (Lu 22:44): w53 126
taken bodily to temple battlement?: w61 160
Talmudic legends about: w51 223
“tested” (Heb 4:15): w79 8/15 31
triumphal ride, on ass or colt?: w65 479
what prophecy foretold would “be called a Nazarene”? (Mt 2:23): w64 575
why “alone having immortality”? (1Ti 6:16): w78 11/15 31
why called “Son of man”?: w55 446-447
why curse fig tree?: w72 95-96; w50 335
why did he say not to advertise his miracles?: w51 446-447
why did he tell Mary Magdalene not to cling to him after resurrection (Joh 20:17)?: w68 767-768; w50 271
why pronouns referring to, not always capitalized in publications?: w57 703
why referred to as Jehovah’s “foster-child” in Proverbs 8:22-31, Moffatt?: w52 127-128
Jethro a priest? (Ex 3:1): w65 128
Jews, all to be converted? (Ro 11:26): w74 126-128
Job’s children, birthdays celebrated by? (Job 1:4): w68 318-319
John the Baptizer:
alone when baptized Jesus?: w60 764
locusts or pods of sugar locust tree eaten by?: w51 223
those who received John’s baptism have to be rebaptized with Jesus’ baptism?: w59 287-288
time of conception: w54 382-383
when baptism ended?: w54 606
why called “Rabbi”?: w63 160
why thought to be Elijah?: w82 10/1 31
Joseph (Jacob’s son):
use a cup to read omens? (Ge 44:5): w66 447-448
Joseph (Mary’s husband):
why intend to divorce Mary if not yet married?: w68 479-480; w61 735-736
Joshua, why ordered to hamstring horses? (Jos 11:6): w62 607-608
Jubilee, how could Israelites eat land’s produce without reaping? (Le 25:11, 12): w65 704
Judah, sin in having relations with ‘harlot’?: w73 383-384
judges and rulers, showing honor to: w68 351-352
jury duty: w73 190-191
justice require equal opportunity to accept truth?: w52 350-351
kidneys, Scriptural usage: w75 479-480
King Asa cremated?: w76 416
Kingdom:
can term apply to earthly part of new system of things?: w55 446
Christ’s, everlasting?: w80 12/1 30-31
distinction between God’s and Christ’s: w80 12/1 30-31
how some apostles saw Jesus coming in (Mt 16:28; Mr 9:1): w77 159-160
when turned back to Jehovah by Christ?: w80 12/1 30-31; w52 670-671
Kingdom Halls:
conversation before and after meetings: w57 543
soundproof room for unruly children?: w52 735
kingdom of heavens, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in? (Mt 8:11): w62 191-192
king of Israel, why first from Benjamin?: w51 639
kiss, ‘greeting one another with a holy’: w68 384
Knights of Columbus, why Watchtower does not publish oath: w52 576
“knowledge of good and bad” (Ge 2:17; 3:5, 22): w51 63
Korah, destroyed by fire or swallowed by earth?: w52 383-384
labor unions: w61 128
Lamb’s marriage, what and when? (Re 19:7): w66 575-576
Laodiceans:
letter for: w53 126-127
“last enemy,” death or Satan? (1Co 15:26): w65 383-384
Levites’ retirement applicable to Christians?: w58 319
life, break God’s law to save?: w82 7/15 30-31
life insurance, proper?: w60 576
literature, exchange for other religious literature?: w84 5/1 31
loans among brothers: w55 318-319
locusts, eaten by John the Baptizer?: w51 223
“loose conduct,” meaning (Ga 5:19): w73 574-576
Lot:
getting drunk and fathering sons by daughters, God’s view: w72 319-320
why called Abraham’s brother although his nephew?: w63 255
why offered daughters to Sodomites?: w79 12/1 31
Luke:
Gentile or Hebrew?: w61 448
Gospel written before Mark?: w63 191-192
“magical” tricks proper?: w64 639-640
“magic-practicing priests,” why used in NW?: w61 320
man, how made in God’s image: w51 223-224
‘marking’ (2Th 3:14, 15):
a disorderly person: w82 2/1 31; w73 318-320
someone oneself?: w85 4/15 30-31
marriage:
after resurrection?: w67 638-640; w61 703-704
binding if mate disappears: w69 447-448
common-law ever acceptable?: w62 287-288
Declaration Pledging Faithfulness permanent?: w85 11/1 31
interracial: w73 735-736; w60 447-448
“only in the Lord” (1Co 7:39): w82 3/15 31
oral sex a matter of conscience?: w72 734-736
to an unbeliever, unscriptural?: w52 190-191
vows, meaning of ‘until divine termination of marital arrangement’?: w52 478
masturbation:
basis for divorce?: w74 160
Christian view: w59 541-544
Matthew’s Gospel written in Hebrew although a dead language?: w63 607
meat:
eaten in new system of things?: w51 95
with reddish fluid, proper to eat?: w72 544
Medo-Persian kings, why lists differ in Society publications: w59 318-320
meetings:
an unforgivable sin to miss? (Heb 10:24-29): w80 11/1 30-31
conversation before and after: w57 543
insist children attend?: w75 319-320; w52 414-415
stand for song and prayer?: w82 11/1 31
Memorial (Lord’s Evening Meal):
calculating date for: w77 383-384
can disfellowshipped persons partake?: w56 383
celebration: w69 159-160; w60 223-224
did Jesus partake?: w68 191-192; w61 352
emblems: w82 3/1 31
Judas present when Jesus instituted?: w68 703-704; w57 31
non-Jews partake before Cornelius?: w51 382
on evening of full moon?: w77 383-384
real wine used?: w51 510
when unable to attend: w85 2/15 31
why Luke mentions two cups passed: w64 159
Michael’s ‘standing up’ (Da 12:1): w79 2/15 31
midwife, wrong to practice without a license?: w83 8/15 31
Millennium, final test during or after?: w52 670-671
ministerial servants:
children’s conduct: w84 5/15 30-31; w78 2/1 31-32; w72 126
why expression used instead of “deacon”?: w62 383-384
wife’s conduct: w72 126
miracles:
depend on people’s faith? (Mt 13:58): w62 319-320
miraculous gifts to continue after apostles?: w50 495
why Jesus did not advertise: w51 446-447
Mosaic Law:
copied from Code of Hammurabi?: w55 702
“devoted” things (Le 27:28, 29): w53 254
difference between Sabbath and Jubilee years?: w67 479-480
‘inducement to sin’? (Ro 7:5-8): w72 287-288
teach hatred of enemies? (Mt 5:43): w68 127-128
when received by Moses?: w69 479-480
why death for calling down evil upon parents?: w79 4/15 31
why eating of fat prohibited?: w72 190-191
why hand of witnesses to come first upon person sentenced to death?: w64 639
why menstruation, sexual intercourse, and childbirth considered “unclean”: w68 735-736
why strangers allowed to eat animal that died of itself?: w50 271
Moses:
how did Jehovah speak to?: w70 318-320
requests Israel’s release, why for three days?: w82 1/1 31
son’s circumcision (Ex 4:24-26): w75 415-416; w53 351-352
truly meek? (Nu 12:3): w84 7/1 31
when did he receive the Law?: w69 479-480
Zipporah was Cushite wife of? (Nu 12:1): w57 763
mourning:
for the dead, forbidden? (Eze 24:16, 17): w54 446-447
proper to wear black?: w58 575
mustard grain the tiniest seed?: w76 768
Nazareth, exist in Jesus’ day?: w51 255-256
Nebuchadnezzar’s dream image, feet and toes (Da 2:41-43): w85 7/1 31
“needle’s eye” of Jesus’ illustration: w67 575-576; w51 319-320
new covenant:
differences from Law covenant: w73 415-416
near end of operation?: w80 7/1 31
“new name”? (Re 2:17; Isa 62:2; 65:15): w57 607
New World Translation:
how determine when to render kyrios as “Jehovah”?: w60 318-320
included in comparison of Bible translations by scholars?: w63 95
verbose?: w56 415
why names of translators not given?: w74 767-768
why uses “memorial tombs” instead of “tombs”?: w58 159
why use “stake” or “tree” instead of “cross”?: w58 510
New Year’s celebrations, why Christians shun: w74 32
New Year’s Eve, wrong to invite Christian to one’s home?: w67 767-768
Ninevites did not know right hand from left (Jon 4:11): w77 639-640
Noah:
intoxication after Flood: w67 191-192
preach 40 years?: w57 319
sons, one of dark complexion?: w67 543
why curse Canaan? (Ge 9:25): w53 478-479
Noah’s ark:
“opening for illumination” and “window” the same? (Ge 6:16; 8:6): w59 480
what is “covering of the ark”? (Ge 8:13): w59 480
nudism: w62 320
oaths:
may Christian take ‘loyalty oath’?: w73 62-63
swear on Bible to tell truth?: w76 447-448
wrong to take?: w51 95-96
organization:
fully theocratic since 1938?: w65 351-352
proper to use term since term not in Bible?: w81 5/1 30-31
“other sheep”:
synonymous with “great crowd”?: w66 543
to know who comprise 144,000?: w62 95
to live on earth?: w74 287-288
overseers all “anointed ones” (Ac 20:28), since appointed by holy spirit?: w84 3/15 31
“overseers” and “ministerial servants,” why used in NW instead of “bishops” and “deacons”?: w62 383-384
painkillers, wrong to use?: w78 3/15 32
Paradise on earth?: w83 12/15 30
parents, obligations toward retarded children: w63 383
Passovers during Jesus’ ministry: w81 6/15 31
Paul:
baptized believers in view of 1 Corinthians 1:17?: w68 511-512
disagree with governing body?: w78 10/15 30-31
ever married?: w68 447-448
one of the 12 apostles?: w71 319-320
part of governing body?: w85 12/1 31
why circumcise Timothy in view of Galatians 6:12-15?: w52 447
why claimed to be a Pharisee? (Ac 23:6): w65 608; w54 415
why go through ceremony at temple if not under Mosaic Law?: w69 607-608
Pentecost, which writers of Greek Scriptures not present?: w61 351-352
Peter:
does Bible indicate manner of death?: w71 768
have a “guardian angel”? (Ac 12:15): w76 223-224
profanity used by?: w81 11/15 31
petitions to Society proper?: w55 351
pets:
proper to give blood transfusion?: w64 127-128
proper to give food containing blood?: w81 10/15 30-31
proper to have neutered?: w73 159; w63 63
proper to put to sleep?: w77 703-704; w73 159
Pharaoh die in Red Sea?: w83 11/1 31
planets:
living creatures on other?: w65 703-704
Pluto discovered by effects on Uranus and Saturn?: w66 159-160
will humans populate other?: w54 158-159
police, proper to seek protection from?: w83 7/15 31
polygamy, why Jehovah permitted among Jews?: w69 671-672
prayer:
a restricted privilege?: w63 319
at Luke 11:2, why NW omits part: w59 480
did Jesus condemn all long? (Mt 6:7): w69 351-352
how should one imagine Jehovah?: w65 255
said by unbeliever, proper conduct during?: w62 575-576
tape recordings of?: w78 1/1 32
things to avoid in: w85 6/1 31
preaching:
after “great tribulation” begins?: w51 351-352
any who use Jesus’ name accepted?: w51 734
predestination, Adam and Eve: w85 3/15 31
pregnancy, prenatal influence supported in Bible? (Ge 30:37-40): w50 431-432
priesthood, for both anointed and “great crowd”?: w63 415-416
procreation mandate in new system of things: w56 31
profanity used by Peter? (Mt 26:74): w81 11/15 31
prophet, behaving like: w71 575-576
prophetic time, why not always apply “a year for a day”?: w57 62
protection, seek from police officers?: w83 7/15 31
Psalms:
should Selah be read aloud?: w60 288
why numbered differently in translations: w68 382-383
wrong to speak of “chapters”?: w83 8/15 31
psychiatrist:
acceptable for baptism?: w63 319-320
proper to consult?: w75 255-256
psy·kheʹ:
how pronounced?: w51 511
occurrences in Christian Scriptures: w51 511
purgatory doctrine, origin: w52 159-160
questions sent to Watchtower:
how replied to: w68 318; w60 671-672
Rachel:
why exchange opportunity to conceive for mandrakes? (Ge 30:14, 15): w67 320
why steal her father’s teraphim?: w53 734-735
rape, proper reaction if threatened: w64 63-64
recreation, proper view: w51 191
“regret” of Jehovah over creating man (Ge 6:6): w70 287-288; w54 190
reinstatement possible for one who ran off with another’s mate?: w79 11/15 31-32
relief supplies in disaster areas, may Christian accept?: w66 95-96
religion:
should term be used?: w51 511
use terms “true” and “false” regarding?: w51 191
why Witnesses expose false: w75 127-128
remnant part of “Jerusalem above”?: w85 10/15 30-31
restoration prophecies apply to future Paradise?: w83 12/1 31
resurrection:
“better” (Heb 11:35): w50 367-368
for babies who die shortly after birth?: w54 255
for Babylon’s inhabitants in view of Jeremiah 51:39, 57?: w65 511-512
for Christians who fall away and die before end in view of Hebrews 10:26, 27?: w65 543-544
for miscarried or stillborn babies?: w84 3/15 30-31; w69 223-224; w54 255
for murderers?: w54 285-286
for people destroyed by Flood?: w65 607
for people who never heard Kingdom message and die at Armageddon?: w65 575-576
for Sodom and Gomorrah’s inhabitants in view of Jude 7?: w65 479
for Solomon? (1Ch 28:9): w65 511
for those who commit suicide for honor?: w54 285-286
how many types?: w51 383
Jesus’ words about ‘first being last’ and ‘last being first’ apply?: w52 286-287
marriage after?: w67 638-640; w61 703-704; w59 415
Paradise restored when ‘early’ begins?: w60 64
resurrected ones, age and appearance?: w78 9/1 31
resurrected ones still imperfect? (Ro 6:7): w74 607-608
‘resurrection of wicked’ (Ac 24:15, AT): w50 495
Revised Standard Version, wherever says “Lord” proper to read Jehovah?: w56 319
rich man and Lazarus, was rich man’s name “Dives”?: w67 511
ring:
proper to wear wedding?: w72 63
Russell, C. T.:
charges of immorality, profiteering, and perjury: w53 319
exalt Studies in the Scriptures over Bible?: w57 414-415
why did wife leave him?: w72 382-384
sacred service include secular work?: w80 8/15 30-31
Salome, girl who asked for John the Baptizer’s head?: w69 96
Samaria, how made “heap of ruins”? (Mic 1:6): w77 288
Samson:
touch corpses although a Nazirite?: w69 95-96
why he went to prostitute’s home: w79 2/15 31
Samuel:
a priest?: w71 478-479
a prophet?: w83 5/15 31
Sanctified book, illustration on front cover: w61 703
Satan:
able to read minds?: w62 415
dead while in abyss?: w69 127-128; w51 542
in what form did he tempt Jesus?: w61 160
loosing from abyss, when?: w52 670-671
offer Jesus seventh world power?: w53 763
responsible for destructive storms?: w74 735
why allowed so long in heavens? (Ps 5:4): w74 639-640
Saul (King):
how could kingdom have been ‘firm to time indefinite’? (1Sa 13:13; Ge 49:10): w64 511-512
Saul of Tarsus:
Saul’s traveling companions heard voice?: w72 159-160
when and why named Paul?: w68 96
school:
activities related to pagan holidays: w60 703-704
why decline holiday classwork?: w84 11/15 31
seasons in new system of things? (Ge 8:22): w63 767-768
sects among Corinthians (1Co 11:18, 19): w80 6/1 31
seed, ‘better for man to put in belly of whore than cast upon ground,’ from the Bible?: w61 576
segregation, why tolerated at assemblies in certain regions?: w52 94-95
separation:
if mates do not get along?: w72 382-384
unbeliever departs: w75 575-576
seraphs and cherubs, which have higher position?: w61 447
serpent:
bruising of head: w80 12/15 30
how communicate with Eve?: w84 9/1 31
serums and vaccines:
acceptable?: w78 6/15 30-31; w74 351-352; w61 670; w58 575; w52 764
sex:
during woman’s menstruation: w72 575-576
oral sex in marriage a matter of conscience?: w72 734-736
proper for engaged couples?: w53 95
sexual temptation, how can girls guard against?: w61 767-768
with adulterous mate mean forgiveness?: w81 3/1 30-31
without having children, wrong?: w53 222-223
Shealtiel’s father, Jeconiah or Neri?: w59 416
sheep in field near Bethlehem around Christmas, photos: w69 703-704
Shekinah in tabernacle and temple: w66 543
Shelah’s father, Cainan or Arpachshad?: w66 416
“Sheol,” occurrences in NW?: w63 127
showbread, wrong for David and his men to eat it?: w52 574-575
showers for brides and new mothers, proper?: w52 319-320
“sign” of Jesus’ presence, what did disciples have in mind?: w64 575-576
“sign of Jonah” (Mt 16:4): w82 11/1 31
‘signs in heaven’ literal? (Lu 21:25, 26; Mt 24:29): w62 224
“simple” eye, meaning of (Mt 6:22; Lu 11:34): w82 4/15 31
sin and death possible after final test at end of thousand years?: w55 702-703
slaves of Christ, why so called in view of John 15:15?: w52 223
smoking:
smoke nontobacco cigarettes?: w84 6/15 31
Witnesses prohibit others from?: w74 223-224
Society’s changing viewpoints mean “truth” changes?: w66 607-608
Solomon:
resurrection? (1Ch 28:9): w65 511
why put Adonijah to death after forgiving him?: w67 95
soul, origins of immortality doctrine: w57 575
spirit:
and “breath of life”: w81 1/1 31
ask for double portion of God’s?: w81 11/15 30-31
how returns to God (Ec 12:7): w51 223
spiritual Israel, “married” to whom?: w76 543-544
S.P.Q.R., meaning: w61 448
Stephen:
how could Jews stone him to death in view of John 18:31?: w68 543-544
petition to Jesus imply Trinity? (Ac 7:59): w59 96
sterilization: w75 158-160
acceptable as birth control?: w85 5/1 31
acceptable for pets?: w73 159
suicide:
Christian viewpoint: w75 447-448
swear on Bible to tell truth?: w76 447-448
“talents” parable, three slaves represent whom? (Mt 25:14-30): w81 11/1 31
Tammuz, why used as name of Jewish month?: w67 319-320
taxes:
Christians pay if government misuses?: w72 640
on ‘side jobs’ or tips?: w79 1/15 30-31
temple (Herod’s):
“built in forty-six years”? (Joh 2:20): w77 30-31
temple (Solomon’s):
copper bulls for molten sea idolatrous?: w65 255-256
why capacity of molten sea different in 1 Kings 7:23-26 and 2 Chronicles 4:2-6?: w66 319; w59 512
why pillars named Jachin and Boaz?: w66 32
“ten-virgins” parable, who made the cry? (Mt 25:6): w81 9/1 31
teraphim, why Rachel stole her father’s: w53 734-735
test-tube babies: w81 6/1 31
Tetragrammaton, correct form: w60 480
Theocratic Ministry School, sisters to cover head when participating?: w61 352
Thermopylae, Greeks or Persians defeated in battle?: w59 575-576
three, significance of number?: w54 479
“time indefinite” in heart of mankind (Ec 3:11): w66 191
toasting:
for God, Christ, or the Kingdom, proper?: w52 319
proper for Christians?: w68 31-32
tobacco:
attitude of Witnesses toward use: w69 126-127
Bible view: w71 670-672
tombs opened at Jesus’ death (Mt 27:52, 53): w75 639-640
‘torment,’ how understood (Re 20:10): w51 351
transfiguration, Luke’s timing harmonized with Matthew and Mark: w63 352
transplants:
accept bone-marrow?: w84 5/15 31
Galatians 4:15 apply to transplants?: w73 254
human organs or tissue: w80 3/15 31
proper to be posthumous donor?: w61 480
tree of knowledge of good and bad:
touching lead to death? (Ge 2:17; 3:3): w59 704
Trinity:
implied by Thomas’ saying “my God”? (Joh 20:28): w55 543
Stephen’s petition to Jesus imply? (Ac 7:59): w59 96
truth:
any exceptions to obligation to tell?: w60 351-352
does justice require equal opportunity to accept?: w52 350-351
unforgivable sin: w69 511-512; w52 126-127
United Nations, eighth world power?: w80 11/15 30-31
unwed mother to keep child if she learns truth?: w56 511
vaccines and serums:
acceptable?: w78 6/15 30-31; w74 351-352; w61 670; w58 575; w52 764
vine of John 15 same as olive tree of Romans 11?: w76 31-32
vitamins containing organ derivatives, acceptable?: w72 63-64
vows:
binding even when unwise?: w73 606-608
made to God before learning truth, must they be fulfilled?: w66 127-128
Watchtower, proper attitude toward: w51 320
Watch Tower publications, who are writers?: w59 607-608
weddings:
many present at wedding feast in Cana?: w84 11/1 31
music: w61 320
of worldly relative, may Christian attend?: w74 766-767
throw rice?: w61 320
toss flower bouquet to bridesmaids?: w64 448
when Christian would not perform: w52 414
welfare, may Christian accept?: w66 95-96
wickedness:
ever brought to end?: w58 255
why permitted by Jehovah if he is supreme?: w58 254
why such an increase today?: w58 254-255
widow’s ‘mite’, how much?: w76 512
wife:
if unbelieving husband wants her to visit his family on a holiday: w67 734-735
respect husband even if drunkard?: w69 31-32
to what extent subject to husband?: w52 511-512
with secular work to decide how money will be used?: w68 607-608
wind chimes proper?: w81 6/1 31
Witness always counted as such?: w84 7/1 31
women:
adornment (1Ti 2:9, 10; 1Pe 3:3, 4): w61 640
proper to wear slacks?: w72 671-672; w51 607-608
why allowed to speak at meetings?: w73 255
woman’s subjection to husband only because of sin?: w76 159-160
woman whose husband disappeared, free to remarry?: w69 447-448
wrong to cut hair?: w51 127
world powers, why only seven mentioned in publications?: w74 606-607
World War I, why started before Gentile times ended?: w72 351-352
worship Jesus:
do angels? (Heb 1:6): w70 702-704; w54 317-319
should Christians?: w54 30-31
YMCA membership for Witnesses?: w79 1/1 30-31
You May Survive Armageddon Into God’s New World book, page 223, paragraph 7, and page 228, paragraph 14 harmonized: w56 286
Your Will Be Done on Earth book, illustration on page 220: w60 31
Zerubbabel’s father, Pedaiah or Shealtiel?: w66 223-224
Zipporah, Cushite wife of Moses? (Nu 12:1): w57 763
List by Scripture (Seeming Contradictions Are Found Under the First of the Scriptures Involved)
Genesis 1:11-13 and 2:5, 6 harmonized: w56 126-127
Genesis 1:20, 30, KJ margin, “soul” for “creature” and “life”: w57 543
Genesis 2:1, 2 and John 5:17 harmonized: w64 447-448
Genesis 2:10-14, Pishon and Gihon rivers?: w63 255
Genesis 2:17; 3:5, 22, “knowledge of good and bad”: w59 704; w51 63
Genesis 3:1, why NW reads “cautious” instead of “subtle”?: w59 447
Genesis 3:16, birth pain even if woman had not sinned?: w54 415
Genesis 3:22, Jesus had knowledge of good and bad?: w79 3/1 31
Genesis 5, ages of chain of men chronologically useful?: w80 10/1 31; w80 10/15 31
Genesis 6:6, Jehovah regret creating man?: w70 287-288; w54 190
Genesis 6:16, “opening for illumination” and “window” same in Noah’s ark?: w59 480
Genesis 7:2, seven or seven pairs?: w54 127
Genesis 7:11; 8:2, Flood from both rain and upsurging below?: w62 575
Genesis 8:13, what is “covering of the ark”?: w59 480
Genesis 8:22, seasons in new system of things?: w63 767-768
Genesis 9:2, animals fear men before Flood?: w65 320
Genesis 9:25, why Canaan cursed by Noah?: w53 478-479
Genesis 10:5 and 11:1 harmonized: w78 7/15 32
Genesis 11:31–12:4 and Acts 7:2-4 harmonized: w59 511-512
Genesis 15:7, 8 and Exodus 6:3 harmonized: w53 574-575
Genesis 19:8 and 19:14 harmonized: w61 384
Genesis 19:24, support for Trinity?: w82 5/15 31
Genesis 30:14, 15, why did Rachel exchange opportunity to conceive for mandrakes?: w67 320
Genesis 30:37-43, support theory of prenatal influence?: w50 431-432
Genesis 44:5, Joseph use a cup to read omens?: w66 447-448
Genesis 49:10, scepter and commander’s staff different?: w66 511-512
Exodus 3:1, Jethro a priest?: w65 128
Exodus 4:11, Jehovah to blame for handicaps?: w53 382-383
Exodus 4:20, 21 harmonized: w53 351-352
Exodus 4:24-26, circumcision of Moses’ son: w75 415-416; w53 351-352
Exodus 7:22, what water did Egyptian priests use?: w77 735-736
Exodus 12:32, what did Pharaoh mean?: w65 255
Exodus 15:8, “congealed” mean Red Sea waters frozen?: w58 672
Exodus 20:5 and Ezekiel 18:20 harmonized: w53 670
Exodus 20:11, what heavens and earth included in six creative days?: w60 415
Exodus 20:13, why use “murder” instead of “kill”?: w63 671-672
Exodus 23:19, ‘not boil kid in mother’s milk’: w65 128
Exodus 23:20-23, Jesus the angel who guided Israel?: w63 735-736
Exodus 23:20-23 and Hebrews 2:2, 3 harmonized: w63 735-736
Exodus 24:10, Jehovah seen by man?: w51 478
Exodus 34:27, 28 and Deuteronomy 10:1-4 harmonized: w53 414-415
Leviticus 3:17 and Nehemiah 8:10 harmonized: w57 703
Leviticus 11:20-23, why ‘going on all fours’ since insects have six feet?: w58 31
Leviticus 11:40 and Deuteronomy 14:21 harmonized: w54 223
Leviticus 25:11, 12, how could Israelites eat land’s produce without reaping during Jubilee?: w65 704
Leviticus 27:28, 29, why devoted things not redeemable?: w53 254
Numbers 5:19-22, “bitter water,” “thigh to fall away”: w55 382-383
Numbers 12:1, Zipporah was Cushite wife of Moses?: w57 763
Numbers 12:3, Moses proclaimed self meek?: w84 7/1 31
Numbers 25:9 and 1 Corinthians 10:8 harmonized: w66 223
Numbers 33:31, 32 and Deuteronomy 10:6 harmonized: w67 607
Deuteronomy 6:8, 9, ‘tie God’s law upon hand’ or ‘between eyes’ literally?: w73 191-192
Deuteronomy 21:10-13, contradict texts forbidding Israelites to marry foreigners?: w52 543
Deuteronomy 23:2, illegitimate children can become Christians?: w74 224
Deuteronomy 26:5, why is Jacob called a Syrian?: w54 703
Deuteronomy 30:13, why in You May Survive Armageddon Into God’s New World book, page 117, paragraph 14?: w57 223
Deuteronomy 31:2, Moses could no longer “go out and come in”: w78 6/1 31-32
Deuteronomy 32:39 and John 1:1 harmonized: w75 63
Deuteronomy 33:6-24, why Simeon omitted in Moses’ blessing?: w64 160
Joshua 11:6, why Joshua ordered to hamstring horses?: w62 607-608
Judges 14:6, how ‘tear a male kid in two’?: w85 10/1 31
Judges 16:28, why NW differs: w61 383-384
Judges 20, why Israelites defeated twice by Benjamin?: w61 127-128
1 Samuel 13:13, how could Saul’s kingdom have been ‘firm to time indefinite’?: w64 511-512
1 Samuel 18:10, “God’s bad spirit”: w65 159
1 Samuel 18:19; 2 Samuel 6:23; and 2 Samuel 21:8 harmonized: w62 511-512
1 Samuel 19:12, 13, why David allowed wife to have teraphim: w65 96
1 Samuel 19:20-24, “behaving like a prophet”: w71 575-576
1 Samuel 23:9-12, ephod used in inquiring of Jehovah: w65 224
1 Samuel 28:6 and 1 Chronicles 10:14 harmonized: w56 543
1 Samuel 31:4 and 2 Samuel 1:10 harmonized: w60 415
2 Samuel 6:23; 21:8; and 1 Samuel 18:19 harmonized: w62 511-512
2 Samuel 11:4, Bath-sheba’s “uncleanness” menstruation?: w73 479
2 Samuel 12:31 and 1 Chronicles 20:3, David barbarous to Ammonites?: w50 463
2 Samuel 24:1 and 1 Chronicles 21:1 harmonized: w52 351-352
2 Samuel 24:9 and 1 Chronicles 21:5 harmonized: w52 351-352
1 Kings 7:14 and 2 Chronicles 2:14 harmonized: w79 4/15 31
1 Kings 7:23-26 and 2 Chronicles 4:2-6 harmonized: w66 319; w59 512
1 Kings 8:12, Jehovah’s residing in “thick gloom”: w79 7/15 31
1 Kings 15:14 and 2 Chronicles 14:5 harmonized: w67 607-608
1 Kings 15:33 and 2 Chronicles 16:1 harmonized: w56 191
1 Kings 19:20, Elijah’s reply to Elisha: w62 735-736
2 Kings 6:18, 19, blindness of Syrian army: w63 224
2 Kings 6:25, how was “dove’s dung” used?: w69 735-736
2 Kings 9:27 and 2 Chronicles 22:8, 9 harmonized: w63 607-608
2 Kings 23:11, horses to cease entering house of Jehovah: w58 639
2 Kings 25:8 and Jeremiah 52:12 harmonized: w64 223-224
1 Chronicles 28:9, resurrected to include Solomon?: w65 511
2 Chronicles 14:3, 5 and 15:17 harmonized: w54 763-764
2 Chronicles 17:6 and 20:33 harmonized: w54 763-764
Job 1:4, Job’s children celebrated birthdays?: w68 318-319
Job 3:14, kings who build “desolate places”: w79 4/15 31
Job 14:22, teach torment after death?: w55 255
Job 19:26, Job in flesh or without flesh to see God?: w61 96
Job 28:5, “fire” refer to earth’s interior?: w71 640
Job 31:1, ‘covenant with my eyes’: w78 12/15 32
Job 38:31, 32, constellations: w53 703
Psalm 5:4, why Satan allowed so long in heavens?: w74 639-640
Psalm 34:7, does Jehovah protect us from natural disasters?: w63 543
Psalm 72:8, “the River”: w65 640
Psalm 78:24, 25, angels need food?: w63 735
Psalm 89:19, “loyal ones”: w79 4/1 31
Psalm 90:2, why NW differs: w63 256
Psalm 90:10, why 70 years despite Moses’ 120 years?: w69 319-320
Psalm 102:25, 26, heavens and earth to perish?: w71 479-480
Psalm 104:3, how Jehovah builds in “the very waters”: w65 351
Psalm 110:1, 5 harmonized: w55 414
Psalm 127:3, why NW reads “belly” instead of “womb”: w59 639-640
Proverbs 8:22-31, applicable to Jesus?: w75 511-512
Proverbs 10:6, ‘mouth of wicked’: w80 8/1 31
Proverbs 11:16, why NW differs: w82 5/1 31
Proverbs 11:29, meaning: w66 479-480
Proverbs 14:17, why NW differs: w64 31-32
Proverbs 16:4, Jehovah make men wicked?: w54 671
Proverbs 19:25, two methods of instruction: w78 5/1 32
Proverbs 25:21, 22, ‘raking coals on head’: w70 95-96
Proverbs 26:4, 5 harmonized: w72 127-128; w51 703-704
Proverbs 27:6, why NW differs: w63 479-480
Ecclesiastes 1:4, “time indefinite” mean forever?: w57 254-255, 735
Ecclesiastes 1:9, “nothing new under the sun”: w56 446-447
Ecclesiastes 1:18, “wisdom”: w61 543-544
Ecclesiastes 3:11, “time indefinite” in heart of mankind: w66 191
Ecclesiastes 7:16, 17, should not be ‘righteous, wicked overmuch’: w53 62-63
Ecclesiastes 7:28, ‘one man out of a thousand, but not a woman’: w53 63
Ecclesiastes 9:5, 6, ‘remembrance of dead forgotten’: w73 639-640
Ecclesiastes 10:11, meaning: w65 255
Ecclesiastes 12:7, spirit returns to God: w51 223
Isaiah 4:1, shortage of men: w51 735-736
Isaiah 7:8, prophecy on Ephraim: w71 672
Isaiah 7:14, how Jesus called Immanuel?: w70 223-224; w52 191
Isaiah 7:14, “virgin” meant?: w54 350-351
Isaiah 14:12, KJ, “Lucifer” apply to Satan the Devil?: w65 63-64; w57 159
Isaiah 14:22, each Babylonian destroyed?: w66 383
Isaiah 14:23, why NW differs: w64 383-384
Isaiah 14:29, “flying fiery snake”: w55 383
Isaiah 19:18, “language of Canaan”: w69 735
Isaiah 21:11, 12, pronouncement against Dumah: w75 31-32
Isaiah 25:5, refer to explosion of atomic bomb?: w56 383
Isaiah 29:4, meaning: w61 192
Isaiah 40:22, prove earth is round?: w67 671-672
Isaiah 41:6, apply to Christians?: w56 735
Isaiah 45:7, AS, does Jehovah create evil?: w51 255
Isaiah 52:14, Jesus Christ a disfigured person?: w66 639-640
Isaiah 53:2, 3, refer to physical appearance of Jesus?: w54 670-671
Isaiah 54:1, who is ‘woman with husbandly owner’?: w55 222-223
Isaiah 60:3, who are “kings”?: w63 223-224
Isaiah 61:1, 2, does text constitute ordination of “other sheep”?: w64 479-480
Isaiah 66:8, “land” and “nation”: w59 382-384
Isaiah 66:23, will Sabbath be observed in new system of things?: w60 288
Jeremiah 10:3-5, refer to Christmas trees?: w50 522-523
Jeremiah 22:30, Jehoiachin had no children?: w84 6/15 30-31; w67 351
Jeremiah 22:30, Jesus’ right to Kingdom annulled by?: w84 6/15 30-31
Jeremiah 25:33 and Ezekiel 39:12 harmonized: w53 763
Jeremiah 31:22, ‘female will press around a man’: w61 736
Jeremiah 51:39, 57, resurrection for Babylon’s inhabitants in view of?: w65 511-512
Ezekiel 3:18 and Luke 19:40 harmonized: w53 639
Ezekiel 21:21, “looked into the liver”: w66 319-320; w60 640
Ezekiel 21:25-27, apply to King Zedekiah?: w70 768
Ezekiel 24:16, 17, mourning for the dead forbidden?: w54 446-447
Ezekiel 29:1-16, Egypt desolate for forty years: w70 607-608
Daniel 2:41-43, feet and toes of image: w85 7/1 31
Daniel 4:23, why two bands for tree stump?: w79 10/1 31
Daniel 10:13, Michael, “one of the foremost princes”: w60 352
Daniel 11:20, refer to registration decree of Caesar Augustus? (Lu 2:1-7): w60 544
Daniel 11:37, “the desire of women”: w60 255-256
Daniel 12:1, Michael’s standing up: w79 2/15 31; w74 191-192
Daniel 12:4, “many will rove about”: w64 320
Joel 2:28, meaning of prophecy: w71 32
Amos 3:14, ‘horns of altar cut off’: w62 479
Amos 4:1-3, “cows of Bashan”: w77 768
Amos 5:5, why “not search for Bethel”?: w80 2/15 31
Amos 7:9, “high places of Isaac”: w54 763-764
Amos 9:13, ‘plowman will overtake harvester’: w61 224
Micah 4:3, imply Jehovah settles political affairs?: w63 32
Habakkuk 1:12, why NW differs: w66 703-704
Habakkuk 2:5, who “made his soul spacious”?: w80 6/15 31
Habakkuk 3:3, is God’s origin Teman?: w61 416
Zephaniah 2:3, eternal life unsure even if faithful?: w63 703-704
Zephaniah 2:9, prophecy fail since modern Amman built on ancient Ammon?: w62 575
Zechariah 8:19, what did four fasts commemorate?: w67 351-352
Zechariah 11:12, 13 and Matthew 27:9, 10, imply Jesus is Jehovah?: w59 224
Zechariah 12:10, Jehovah and Jesus same person?: w53 511
Matthew 1 and Luke 3, why Jesus’ genealogy different?: w62 158-159; w57 191
Matthew 2:23, what prophecy foretold Jesus would “be called a Nazarene”?: w64 575
Matthew 4:1, what “spirit” led Jesus to be tempted?: w81 7/1 31
Matthew 4:24, why NW reads “epileptic”: w69 416
Matthew 5:5, “the mild-tempered ones”: w63 543; w59 479
Matthew 5:22, what are three dangers mentioned?: w53 542-543
Matthew 5:39, contradict right of self-defense?: w55 478
Matthew 5:43, where is command to ‘hate enemy’ found?: w68 127-128; w53 479
Matthew 6:9, why NW reads “sanctified” instead of “hallowed”: w62 447-448
Matthew 6:13, “do not bring us into temptation”: w70 190-191
Matthew 6:22, meaning of “simple” eye: w82 4/15 31
Matthew 6:27, why “cubit” applied to life span?: w61 287
Matthew 8:11 and 11:11 harmonized: w62 191-192
Matthew 8:22, avoid funerals?: w52 639
Matthew 8:28-32, why Jesus allowed demons to enter swine?: w57 351
Matthew 9:15, imply fasts obligatory for Christians?: w53 285-287
Matthew 9:25, did Jesus become unclean when touched dead girl?: w72 448
Matthew 10:9 and Mark 6:8, 9 harmonized: w77 224
Matthew 10:23, how ‘not complete circuit of cities until Son of man arrives’?: w62 95-96
Matthew 10:41, “prophet’s reward, ... righteous man’s reward”: w66 191-192
Matthew 11:2-6, why did John ask if Jesus was Messiah?: w52 62-63
Matthew 11:11, imply degrees of rank in Kingdom?: w61 32
Matthew 11:16, 17, ‘we played flute, wailed, but you did not respond’: w74 416
Matthew 12:30 and Mark 9:39, 40 harmonized: w51 734
Matthew 12:43-45, unclean spirit comes out and later returns: w52 191-192
Matthew 13:38, “weeds” include apostates?: w84 3/1 31
Matthew 13:55, “brothers”: w50 522
Matthew 13:58, miracles depend on people’s faith?: w62 319-320
Matthew 17:12, 13 and John 1:21 harmonized: w55 671
Matthew 17:20, mountain literal?: w56 703
Matthew 17:21, KJ, imply fasts obligatory for Christians?: w53 285-287
Matthew 17:21, why omitted from NW: w66 63-64
Matthew 17:26, “sons are tax-free”: w67 479
Matthew 18:15, proper application of: w54 734-735
Matthew 18:18, heaven bound by men’s decisions?: w81 2/1 31
Matthew 19:9, “fornication” the appropriate word?: w52 31
Matthew 19:24, camel through needle’s eye literal?: w51 319-320
Matthew 19:24, should “camel” be “rope”?: w58 62-63
Matthew 20:29; Mark 10:46; and Luke 18:35 harmonized: w56 575
Matthew 22:29, 30, what should Sadducees have known about resurrection?: w61 319-320
Matthew 23:9 and 1 Corinthians 4:15 harmonized: w52 383
Matthew 23:35, which Zechariah?: w68 447
Matthew 24:7, earthquakes Jesus mentioned symbolic?: w63 671
Matthew 24:12, fulfillment in Christendom or among Witnesses?: w84 10/1 31; w67 735-736
Matthew 24:15, “let the reader use discernment”: w60 448
Matthew 24:19, “pregnant women” inside or outside congregation?: w63 639-640
Matthew 24:29, ‘signs in heaven’ literal?: w62 224
Matthew 24:30, “they will see the Son of man”: w60 763-764
Matthew 24:34, “this generation”: w80 10/15 31; w78 10/1 31
Matthew 26:52, Jesus’ words not fulfilled?: w54 607
Matthew 26:74, did Peter use profanity?: w81 11/15 31
Matthew 27:9, why attribute words to Jeremiah instead of Zechariah?: w55 575
Matthew 27:19, dream of Pilate’s wife: w65 288
Matthew 27:44 and Luke 23:39 harmonized: w50 367
Matthew 27:46, how was Jesus forsaken by God?: w72 256; w58 415; w51 63
Matthew 27:52, 53, were some resurrected?: w75 639-640
Matthew 28:9, KJ, Jesus worshiped?: w64 671-672
Matthew 28:19 and Ephesians 4:5, baptism the same?: w68 703
Mark 6:52, “meaning of the loaves”: w80 6/1 30-31
Mark 7:19, “all foods clean”: w78 7/1 31
Mark 9:47, 48, eternal torment for wicked?: w57 286-287
Mark 10:17, 18, ‘no one good but God’: w51 382-383
Mark 10:46; Matthew 20:29; and Luke 18:35 harmonized: w56 575
Mark 15:25 and John 19:14 harmonized: w51 670
Mark 15:33, darkness due to solar eclipse?: w65 735-736
Luke 1:5-26, helps determine Jesus’ birth date: w54 382-383
Luke 2:8, news photo of shepherds in field at Christmas: w69 703-704; w57 319
Luke 2:22, Jesus purified?: w82 4/1 31
Luke 2:35, Simeon’s prophetic words to Mary: w66 255
Luke 2:39, child Jesus in Nazareth when parents fled to Egypt?: w52 223-224
Luke 4:29, imply Jews wanted to stone Jesus?: w55 511
Luke 10:1, was the number of disciples 70 or 72?: w76 607-608
Luke 10:18, Satan already ousted from heaven?: w66 447
Luke 11:2, why NW omits part of prayer?: w59 480
Luke 12:25, why “cubit” applied to life span?: w61 287
Luke 13:33, why ‘not admissible for prophet to be destroyed outside Jerusalem’?: w70 31-32
Luke 14:23, “compel”: w61 127
Luke 14:26, “hate his father and mother”: w52 255
Luke 16:9, ‘unrighteous riches’ mean dishonesty acceptable?: w73 63-64
Luke 18:25, camel through needle’s eye literal?: w51 319-320
Luke 20:34-36, earthly or heavenly resurrection?: w67 638-640
Luke 21:25, 26, ‘signs in heaven’ literal?: w62 224
Luke 22:30, those who “sit on thrones” and “twelve tribes of Israel”: w64 255-256
Luke 22:37, “lawless ones”: w67 447-448
Luke 22:44, Jesus’ sweat like blood?: w53 126
Luke 23:34, part of text spurious?: w63 351-352
Luke 23:43, why comma follows “today” in NW?: w71 255-256
Luke 24:37-43, Jesus materialized?: w60 575-576
John 1:1, “a god”: w77 319-320; w75 702-704
John 1:18, why NW read “only-begotten god”?: w62 351
John 2:4, Jesus show disrespect for his mother?: w70 127-128
John 2:19, Jesus to resurrect himself?: w73 350-351
John 2:20, temple built in 46 years?: w77 30-31
John 3:13, imply previous ascensions of Jesus?: w59 159-160
John 3:13, why “which is in heaven” omitted in NW?: w82 11/15 31
John 3:16, 17, “world”: w59 61-64
John 5:14, sick because we sinned?: w82 8/15 31
John 5:28, why NW uses “memorial tombs” instead of “tombs”: w58 159
John 5:29, why Jesus used past tense: w65 447-448
John 7:22, should “for this reason” be at the end of verse 21?: w53 414
John 7:39, “for as yet there was no spirit”: w69 575
John 8:58, why NW reads “I have been” instead of “I am”?: w57 126-127
John 9:1-3, prove prehuman existence or predestination?: w53 254-255
John 9:4, “night” refer to Armageddon?: w55 62
John 10, relation of sheepfolds to Abrahamic covenant: w84 2/15 31
John 11:16, “let us also go, that we may die with him”: w64 543
John 11:25, 26, apply only to anointed?: w83 10/1 31
John 11:26, “never die at all”: w67 159-160
John 13:4-16, foot-washing ceremony for Christians?: w50 271
John 13:36 and 16:5 harmonized: w77 704
John 14:12, “works greater than these”: w54 63
John 14:30, ‘I shall not speak much ... ruler of world coming’: w61 672
John 15:15, why Christians called slaves of Christ in view of?: w52 223
John 17:17, apply to Hebrew Scriptures?: w68 160
John 18:37, Jesus’ answer to Pilate: w63 320
John 19:37, Jehovah and Jesus same person?: w53 511
John 20:17, why Jesus told Mary Magdalene not to cling to him after resurrection: w68 767-768; w50 271
John 20:23, some humans authorized to forgive sins?: w69 255-256
John 20:25, Jesus impaled with a nail through each hand?: w69 639-640
John 20:28, prove Jesus is God?: w55 543
John 21:22, meaning: w61 32
Acts 1:8, why preach in Samaria?: w71 159-160
Acts 2:38, baptism in Jesus’ name wash away sins?: w57 511
Acts 6:3, “certified men”: w65 672
Acts 6:15, Stephen’s face “as an angel’s face”: w64 608
Acts 7:59, petition to Jesus imply Trinity?: w59 96
Acts 11:8, Peter still adhering to Mosaic law?: w63 351
Acts 12:15, Peter have a guardian angel?: w76 223-224
Acts 13:2, imply fasts obligatory for Christians?: w53 285-287
Acts 14:14, why call Barnabas “apostle”?: w53 607
Acts 15:20, 29 and 1 Corinthians 8:1-10 harmonized: w52 126
Acts 21:20-26, why did Paul perform ceremonies at temple?: w52 446-447
Acts 23:1-5, Watchtower denunciations of Christendom’s rulers proper in view of?: w60 63-64
Acts 23:6, why Paul claimed to be a Pharisee?: w65 608; w54 415
Acts 24:15, AT, ‘resurrection of wicked’: w50 495
Romans 1:25, refers to whom?: w82 11/15 31
Romans 8:30, when are Christians “glorified”?: w81 7/15 30-31
Romans 6:7, resurrected ones still imperfect?: w74 607-608
Romans 7:5-8, Mosaic Law inducement to sin?: w72 287-288
Romans 7:9, how Paul lived before the Law “arrived”?: w55 414-415
Romans 8:19, when is “revealing of the sons of God”?: w80 11/15 31
Romans 8:26, 27, how spirit ‘pleads for holy ones’: w70 447-448
Romans 8:39, “height nor depth”?: w60 128
Romans 10:9, why ha·Adhohn not apply to Jehovah?: w81 8/1 31
Romans 10:12, who is “Lord”?: w77 95
Romans 10:18, why apply Psalm 19:4 to humans?: w59 576
Romans 11:26, Jews all to be converted?: w74 126-128
1 Corinthians 1:12, Corinthians’ claim to ‘belong to Cephas’: w79 5/1 31-32
1 Corinthians 1:17, Paul baptized believers in view of?: w68 511-512
1 Corinthians 2:9, Apocrypha quoted?: w79 1/15 31
1 Corinthians 3:21, “all things belong to you”: w71 351-352
1 Corinthians 6:3, Christians judge angels?: w79 12/1 30-31
1 Corinthians 6:18, ‘fornication, sinning against own body’: w70 511-512
1 Corinthians 7:1, “man not to touch a woman”: w73 31-32
1 Corinthians 7:14, children viewed as “holy”: w76 575-576
1 Corinthians 7:14, unbelieving mate spared at Armageddon?: w52 510-511
1 Corinthians 7:29, husbands ‘as though without wives’: w75 351-352
1 Corinthians 7:36, “past the bloom of youth”: w74 703
1 Corinthians 7:36-38, “his own virginity”: w80 4/15 30-31
1 Corinthians 9:17, “reward”: w80 1/1 31
1 Corinthians 10:4, Israelites drank “from the spiritual rock-mass that followed them”: w68 639-640
1 Corinthians 10:13, “temptation” and “way out”: w74 63-64
1 Corinthians 11:14, 15, long hair dishonor for men?: w68 191
1 Corinthians 11:18, 19, sects among Corinthians: w80 6/1 31
1 Corinthians 11:29, “the body”: w60 448
1 Corinthians 13:8, ‘knowledge done away with’?: w69 287-288
1 Corinthians 13:10, “that which is complete”: w75 95-96
1 Corinthians 14:2, how ‘he that speaks in tongue speaks to God’: w61 288
1 Corinthians 14:36, meaning: w83 3/1 31
1 Corinthians 15:19, how “pitied” if ‘hope in Christ in this life only’?: w84 10/1 30-31
1 Corinthians 15:22, ‘all shall be made alive’ include Adam?: w50 367
1 Corinthians 15:26, “last enemy,” death or Satan?: w65 383-384
1 Corinthians 15:32, Paul fight wild beasts literally?: w56 286-287
2 Corinthians 2:15, 16, Christians an “odor”?: w77 576
2 Corinthians 5:16, prove Jesus would not return in flesh?: w67 255-256
2 Corinthians 6:7, “weapons of righteousness”: w73 159-160
2 Corinthians 12:2, 4, “third heaven” and “paradise”: w70 767-768
Galatians 2:19, how Paul “died toward law”?: w79 7/15 31
Galatians 3:17, 430 years between Abrahamic and Law covenants?: w53 159
Galatians 3:24, ‘Law a tutor leading to Christ’: w72 127
Galatians 4:3, “elementary things belonging to the world”: w71 415-416
Galatians 4:15, apply to transplants?: w73 254
Galatians 4:25, how was Jerusalem “in slavery”?: w85 9/15 31
Galatians 5:19, meaning of “loose conduct”: w73 574-576
Galatians 6:12-15, why Paul circumcised Timothy in view of?: w52 447
Ephesians 3:10, how angels learn through congregation: w63 63-64
Ephesians 3:14, 15, are there ‘families in heaven’; earthly family names God-given?: w62 352
Ephesians 4:5 and Matthew 28:19, baptism the same?: w68 703
Ephesians 4:6, God “over all and through all and in all”: w71 318-319
Ephesians 4:23, “force actuating your mind”: w71 543-544
Ephesians 5:3, wrong to talk or write about fornication?: w66 767-768
Ephesians 5:13, why changed in 1961 edition of NW?: w63 159-160
Philippians 2:5, 6, NW break rules of grammar?: w58 510-511
Philippians 2:9, ‘name above every other’: w83 1/15 31
Philippians 2:10, “those under the ground”: w61 224
Philippians 2:11, why kyrios not rendered ‘Jehovah’ in NW?: w60 318-320
Philippians 3:11, “earlier resurrection”: w62 736
Colossians 1:16, “authorities” the same as in Romans 13:1?: w63 575
Colossians 2:8, “elementary things”: w71 415-416; w60 415-416
Colossians 2:9, “fullness of the divine quality”: w62 479-480; w51 542
1 Thessalonians 4:17, “caught away”: w74 254-256; w64 415-416
2 Thessalonians 3:6, why NW reads “tradition”: w61 287
2 Thessalonians 3:14, 15, ‘marking’: w85 4/15 30-31; w82 2/1 31; w73 318-320
2 Thessalonians 3:14, 15, refer to disfellowshipping?: w65 575
1 Timothy 2:9, 10, women’s adornment: w61 640
1 Timothy 2:15, women “kept safe through childbearing”: w69 63-64; w51 127
1 Timothy 3:2, why an elder should be “a husband of one wife”: w80 9/15 31
1 Timothy 4:10, some unfaithful saved?: w84 7/15 31
1 Timothy 4:12, how old was Timothy?: w63 703
1 Timothy 5:11, 12, are young widows who marry unfaithful?: w54 670
1 Timothy 6:16, “the one alone having immortality”: w78 11/15 31
2 Timothy 1:9, “before times long lasting”: w71 703-704
2 Timothy 3:1-7, “last days” have initial fulfillment?: w76 512
2 Timothy 3:6, 7, who are men and women?: w72 191-192
Titus 2:13, proper translation: w81 4/1 31
Titus 3:5, “the bath that brought us to life”: w72 607-608
Hebrews 1:6, angels worship Jesus?: w70 702-704; w54 317-319
Hebrews 1:6, Jesus’ second coming?: w83 2/15 31
Hebrews 1:7, “makes his angels spirits ... a flame of fire”: w83 4/1 31
Hebrews 1:8, Jesus “God”?: w84 3/1 31
Hebrews 1:10-12, heavens and earth to perish?: w71 479-480; w51 764-765
Hebrews 2:14, Devil have ‘power of death’?: w57 62
Hebrews 3:1-6, “house”: w84 9/15 31
Hebrews 4:15, Jesus tested: w79 8/15 31
Hebrews 8:13, refer to end of Jewish system?: w83 9/1 31
Hebrews 9:10, “various baptisms”: w78 4/1 31-32
Hebrews 9:14, “everlasting spirit”: w70 415-416
Hebrews 10:24-29, unforgivable sin to miss meetings?: w80 11/1 30-31
Hebrews 10:26, resurrection for Christians who fall away and die before end in view of?: w65 543-544
Hebrews 11:1, relationship of “faith” to “evident demonstration”: w59 763
Hebrews 11:26, apply to Moses since not anointed?: w64 255
Hebrews 11:35, “better resurrection”: w50 367-368
Hebrews 12:13, how ‘lame not put out of joint’: w57 383
Hebrews 12:22, 23, who are ‘just men made perfect’?: w81 3/15 30-31
James 1:12, “crown of life”: w79 7/1 30
James 3:1, ‘not many should become teachers’: w59 191-192
James 4:5, “with a tendency to envy”: w77 511-512
James 5:6, “you have murdered the righteous”: w71 447-448
1 Peter 3:3, 4, women’s adornment: w61 640
1 Peter 3:19, “spirits in prison”: w71 607-608
2 Peter 1:20, “private interpretation”: w65 767
2 Peter 3:6, why refer to end of kosmos?: w64 703-704
2 Peter 3:10, heavens and earth to perish?: w71 511-512; w54 543
1 John 2:7, “old” and “new commandment”: w71 191
1 John 3:18, how love “in deed and truth”?: w50 303
1 John 4:18, “perfect love throws fear outside”: w70 415
1 John 5:18, meaning: w70 255-256
2 John 10, applies only to promoters of false doctrine?: w85 7/15 30-31
Revelation 1:7, Christ’s presence visible?: w53 447
Revelation 2:17, “new name”: w57 607
Revelation 3:15, 16, “hot” and “cold”: w66 383
Revelation 4:5, why seven lamps in view of 1 Kings 7:49?: w59 576
Revelation 5:10, why NW reads “over” instead of “on”: w74 735-736; w60 383-384
Revelation 7:4-8, why Ephraim and Dan omitted?: w60 479
Revelation 7:17, ‘no tears’ apply now?: w82 8/1 31
Revelation 11:8, “Sodom and Egypt”: w78 1/15 31-32
Revelation 12:4, “a third of the stars”: w64 223
Revelation 12:14, ‘time, times, and half a time’: w78 4/1 31
Revelation 13:1, who stands on seashore?: w57 671
Revelation 13:18, number of the wild beast: w56 479-480
Revelation 14:3, elders before whom 144,000 sing: w73 62; w56 253-256
Revelation 14:6, 8, 9, angels represent “faithful and discreet slave”?: w64 415
Revelation 16:13, what are ‘unclean expressions, dragon, wild beast, false prophet’?: w55 638
Revelation 19:7, Lamb’s marriage, what and when?: w66 575-576
Revelation 19:10, bearing witness to Jesus inspires prophesying: w71 95-96
Revelation 19:21, “the rest”: w79 8/1 31-32
Revelation 20:5, resurrection after Millennium?: w82 12/1 31; w74 95-96; w50 335
Revelation 20:8, “as the sand of the sea”: w57 446
Revelation 20:10, “tormented”: w51 351
Revelation 20:12, “scroll of life”: w59 256
Revelation 21:4, ‘no death’ also apply to animals?: w50 399
Revelation 22:13, ‘Alpha and Omega,’ Jehovah or Jesus Christ?: w53 31