QUESTIONS FROM READERS
(See also Our Readers Ask [Feature in The Watchtower] [Discontinued])
(Note centered heading below: List by Scripture)
Aaron:
why not punished for making golden calf?: w10 5/15 21
Abel’s sacrifice: w02 8/1 28
Abraham:
Abrahamic covenant made in Ur or Haran?: w01 11/1 31
wrong to send Hagar and Ishmael into wilderness?: w88 2/15 31
Adam:
Jehovah speak directly or through the Word?: w90 5/1 30
albumin derived from blood acceptable?: w94 10/1 31
angels:
“chosen angels” (1Ti 5:21): w24.12 30
“sons of the true God” (Ge 6:2, 4): w13 6/15 22
“spirits in prison” (1Pe 3:19): w13 6/15 23
why depicted with wings: w91 3/1 31
Anglo-American World Power:
when become seventh world power?: w12 6/15 19
anniversaries:
birthday and wedding: w98 10/15 30-31; w98 12/15 30
anointed Christians:
number 144,000 literal? (Re 7:4; 14:1, 3): w04 9/1 30-31
survive “great tribulation” on earth?: w13 7/15 5; w90 8/15 30-31
“token” and “seal” received (2Co 1:22): w16.04 32
when does calling of new ones cease?: w07 5/1 30-31
apostasy:
despite professed belief in God, Bible, and Jesus?: w86 4/1 30-31
Witness joins another religion: w86 10/15 31
apostles:
doubts? (Mt 28:17): w92 12/1 30
told by Jesus to carry staffs and wear sandals? (Mr 6:7-9): w11 3/15 6
“Twelve” Jesus appeared to (1Co 15:5): w88 1/15 30
why unable to cure boy? (Mt 17:20; Mr 9:29): w98 8/1 30
ark of covenant:
contain only two tablets? (2Ch 5:10): w06 1/15 31
how poles visible? (1Ki 8:8): w01 10/15 31
automobile accident involving death: w06 9/15 30; w06 12/15 30
autopsies fitting?: w87 4/1 31
bankruptcy:
proper to file for?: w94 9/15 30-31
baptism:
attitude to display at: w96 9/1 21; w95 4/1 30
“for the dead” (1Co 15:29): w20.12 14; w03 10/1 29
may two or more baptize one person?: w86 11/15 31
must children of elders be baptized?: w89 2/15 29
person with frail health or severe handicap: w02 6/1 29
rebaptism when?: w10 2/15 22
significance at Pentecost 33 C.E.: w03 5/15 30-31
barley firstfruits:
who harvested sheaf offered on Nisan 16?: w07 7/15 26
Benefactors (Lu 22:25, 26): w18.11 31
Bethzatha:
people healed in disturbed waters? (Joh 5:2-7): w88 9/1 31
what could cause water to be “stirred up”? (Joh 5:7): w16.05 32
Bible studies:
invite in ministry to observe?: w89 12/1 31
Bible writer who was a general: w91 3/15 29
birth control:
intrauterine device: w17.12 16-17
pills: w89 6/15 29
sterilization: w99 6/15 27-28
birthdays: w92 9/1 30-31
compared with wedding anniversaries: w98 10/15 30-31; w98 12/15 30
birthstones: w03 11/15 27
blood:
food possibly containing blood components: w92 10/15 30-31
from placenta and umbilical cord: w97 2/1 29
injections containing blood-derived albumin: w94 10/1 31
injections of fractions acceptable?: w90 6/1 30-31
medical use of one’s own blood?: w00 10/15 30-31; w89 3/1 30-31
resist court order?: w91 6/15 31
Saul’s soldiers not executed for eating (1Sa 14:32-34): w94 4/15 31
Witnesses accept blood derivatives?: w04 6/15 29-31; w00 6/15 29-31
“book of Jashar” and “book of the Wars of Jehovah” inspired but lost? (Jos 10:13; Nu 21:14): w09 3/15 32
book of life: w87 9/1 29
business:
business with unbeliever fitting?: w93 10/1 29-30
why have written agreement?: w97 8/1 30-31
caffeine to be avoided?: w07 4/15 30
Cain:
“sin crouching at the entrance” (Ge 4:7): w94 2/1 31
camel through needle’s eye (Mt 19:24; Mr 10:25; Lu 18:25):
“camel” or “rope”?: w87 12/1 31
capital punishment: w97 6/15 30-31
childbirth:
use of placenta and umbilical cord: w97 2/1 29
child training in divided household: w02 8/15 30-31
Christians forgive sins? (Joh 20:23): w96 4/15 28-29
churches:
attend wedding or funeral in?: w02 5/15 28
coffee:
Christian view: w90 2/15 29
computers:
giving copies of commercial programs to others: w01 2/15 28-29
violent games affect relationship with Jehovah?: w05 9/15 29
cosmetics: w91 6/1 30-31
“creation” different from “creationism”: w86 9/1 30
Daniel:
where was he when all were to worship Nebuchadnezzar’s golden image?: w01 8/1 31
why accept Belshazzar’s gifts?: w88 10/1 30
David:
eating of showbread (1Sa 21:1-6): w05 3/15 30
endanger Ahimelech knowingly? (1Sa 22:22): w86 11/15 31
Mephibosheth shown compassion but executed? (2Sa 21:7-9): w22.03 13
to praise God’s name “forever”? (Ps 61:8): w22.12 14
treat captives savagely? (2Sa 12:31, KJ; 1Ch 20:3, KJ): w05 2/15 27
why allow Michal to have teraphim? (1Sa 19:13): w04 6/1 29
why first child by Bath-sheba died: w86 3/15 31
why not executed for sin with Bath-sheba?: w05 5/15 31
why Saul ask whose son David was? (1Sa 17:55-58): w07 8/1 31
death:
cremation proper?: w14 6/15 7
flowers appropriate?: w91 10/15 30-31
how is ‘death of loyal ones’ “precious”? (Ps 116:15): w12 5/15 22
dedication a vow?: w87 4/15 31
demons:
relief from harassment: w06 4/15 31
where during Millennium?: w04 11/15 30-31
divorce:
effect of remarriage after unscriptural divorce: w22.04 30-31
how far need faithful mate resist?: w00 12/15 28-29
drawings for prizes acceptable?: w93 6/15 31
early Christians:
expect end of world then?: w89 10/1 30-31
Eden:
how serpent communicated: w01 11/15 27
Satan introduce idea of immortal soul?: w19.12 15
whether serpent had legs: w07 6/15 31
elders:
must children be baptized?: w89 2/15 29
electronic messaging applications: w21.03 31
Elisha asks for “two parts” of Elijah’s spirit: w03 11/1 31
employment involving being armed: w05 11/1 31
employment involving religious property: w99 4/15 28-30
engagement to marry: w99 8/15 30-31
Esther have immoral sex with king?: w91 1/1 30-31
Ezekiel:
“mute” in what sense?: w03 12/1 29
why face hardened: w88 7/15 30
family life:
“Do not think I came to bring peace” (Mt 10:34-38): w22.07 31
“fatherless boy” indicate less concern for girls?: w94 1/15 31
field ministry:
Bible student come along to observe?: w89 12/1 31
firearms for protection against humans?: w17.07 31-32
Flood:
meaning of “120 years” (Ge 6:3): w10 12/15 30-31
“fountain of water bubbling up” (Joh 4:14): w86 5/15 31
frozen embryos:
retained or disposed of?: w12 12/15 14-16
fruitage of spirit:
qualities at Galatians 5:22, 23 the only ones?: w20.06 17
funerals:
attend in church?: w02 5/15 28
flowers appropriate?: w91 10/15 30-31
give talk for suicide?: w02 6/15 30-31
why attend funeral of fellow believer?: w90 10/15 30-31
gambling:
small bets wrong?: w02 11/1 31
“generation” (Mt 24:34):
allow end to be distant?: w97 5/1 29
alter view of 1914?: w97 6/1 28
related to “generation” (KJ) of 1 Peter 2:9?: w95 11/1 30-31
gluttony: w04 11/1 30-31; w86 5/1 31
Gog of Magog (Eze 38, 39): w15 5/15 29-30
“great crowd” (Re 7:9-17):
differ from “other sheep”? (Joh 10:16): w95 4/15 31
“great crowd” now? (Re 7:9, 14): w86 8/1 31
serve in which part of Jehovah’s temple? (Re 7:15): w02 5/1 30-31
great tribulation:
“flesh” saved include converts during?: w97 2/15 29
Greek word tote: w96 7/15 30
Har–Magedon: w07 2/1 31
holidays:
position of Christian wife: w01 12/15 28-29
holy spirit:
anointed and “other sheep” have equal amount?: w96 6/15 31
how grieved?: w04 5/15 29-30
hunting and fishing: w07 12/1 31; w90 5/15 30-31
“illegal idolatries” (1Pe 4:3): w01 7/15 28
immortality:
teaching of immortal soul originate in Eden?: w19.12 15
Internet:
why not permissible to post Witness publications?: w18.04 30-31
Israelites:
execute criminals by impalement?: w13 5/15 13
food during wilderness journey: w23.10 30-31
length of return trip from Babylon (537 B.C.E.): w86 10/15 31
Jacob:
wrong to impersonate Esau? (Ge 27:19): w07 10/1 31
Jehovah:
ability to foretell the future: w24.02 30
deal directly with Satan? (Job 1, 2): w86 11/1 31
gives family names directly? (Eph 3:14, 15): w96 1/15 31
how was belief on name and sovereignty clarified?: w23.08 18-19
included in ‘high officials’? (Ec 5:8): w20.09 31
mercy tempers justice?: w02 3/1 30
never allow Christians to lack food? (Ps 37:25; Mt 6:33): w14 9/15 22
partial in choosing all Jews for early governing body?: w95 7/1 31
speak directly to Adam or through the Word?: w90 5/1 30
use trickery or deception? (Jer 4:10; 20:7): w89 5/1 31
“will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear”—how? (1Co 10:13): w17.02 29-30
Jehovah’s Witnesses:
understanding annual service report: w11 8/15 22
view of using matchmaking websites: w21.07 30-31
why not permissible to post publications on Internet?: w18.04 30-31
Jericho:
evidence of conquest without long siege?: w15 11/15 13
Jesus Christ:
a god?: w86 7/1 31
are Christians slaves of, or friends of?: w88 6/15 31
conception affected by Mary’s imperfection?: w02 3/15 19
date of meal at home of Simon the leper: w86 2/15 31
how forgive woman known to be a sinner? (Lu 7:37, 48): w10 8/15 6-7
how high priestly services benefit “other sheep” now: w95 6/1 30-31
how many Messianic prophecies?: w11 8/15 17
how “prepare a place” in heaven? (Joh 14:2): w88 5/15 31
know John the Baptizer would die first? (Mt 11:11): w92 2/15 29
know the timing of Armageddon?: w96 8/1 30-31
Mediator only for anointed? (1Ti 2:5, 6): w89 8/15 30-31
‘name above every other’ (Php 2:9): w95 11/15 30
“one alone having immortality”? (1Ti 6:15, 16): w05 9/1 27
outcry on stake (Mt 27:46; Mr 15:34): w21.04 30-31; w87 6/15 31
“preached to the spirits in prison” (1Pe 3:19): w13 6/15 23
refer to Judas in John 19:11?: w88 7/15 30
time of impalement: w11 11/15 21
when become High Priest?: w20.07 31
where were the 70 when Jesus instituted the Memorial?: w24.09 19
who complained about expensive oil poured on Jesus? (Mt 26:8; Mr 14:4; Joh 12:4, 5): w00 4/15 31
why allow Thomas but not Mary Magdalene to touch him? (Joh 20:17, KJ; Joh 20:27): w04 12/1 31
why give way to tears before resurrecting Lazarus?: w13 9/15 32
why Matthew and Luke differ: w17.08 32
why Pilate fearful at hearing that Jesus “made himself God’s son”? (Joh 19:7, 8): w08 6/1 27
why promise some ‘would never die at all’? (Joh 11:26): w89 1/15 31
why quoted Psalm 22:1 on stake (Mt 27:46; Mr 15:34): w21.04 30-31
why “root” of Jesse and David: w94 8/15 31
“wisdom” (Pr 8): w06 8/1 31
Jews:
all to become Christians? (Ro 11:26): w08 6/15 28
“in expectation” of Messiah (Lu 3:15): w14 2/15 26-27
legal authority to execute Jesus?: w88 7/1 31
temple police: w20.03 31
Job:
alone faithful?: w92 8/1 31
how long did Job suffer?: w01 8/15 31
ransom for Job (Job 33:24): w91 2/15 31
“John the Baptist” or “John the Baptizer”?: w93 8/1 31
Jonathan lose God’s favor by eating honey?: w86 6/1 31
Joseph actually read omens? (Ge 44:5): w06 2/1 31
Joseph and Mary:
after Jesus’ birth, why remain in Bethlehem?: w23.06 31
Jubilee:
after Millennium?: w87 1/1 30
what is foreshadowed?: w04 7/15 26-27
Judah (son of Jacob):
why have relations with presumed harlot? (Ge 38:15, 16): w04 1/15 30
judges and saviors of Israel:
how many?: w86 6/1 31
jury duty: w97 4/1 27-29
Kingdom:
proper to pray for Kingdom to come to earth?: w96 6/1 31
Kingdom Halls:
obtain building from religious group?: w02 10/15 27
Law covenant:
seduced virgin must be married and never divorced: w89 11/15 31
when ended?: w89 2/1 31
why handwashing an issue?: w16.08 30
why natural sexual functions made person unclean: w06 6/1 31
Leviathan (Isa 27:1): w86 8/15 31
“life in himself,” “life in yourselves” (Joh 5:26; 6:53): w03 9/15 30-31
“life in yourselves” applies only to anointed? (Joh 6:53): w86 2/15 30-31
loans:
“not hoping for anything back” includes loan principal? (Lu 6:35): w04 10/15 29
lottery tickets: w89 7/15 30
Lucifer a name for Satan? (Isa 14:12, KJ): w02 9/15 30
‘marking’ (2Th 3:14, 15): w24.08 7; w99 7/15 29-31
marriage:
between relatives: w02 2/1 29
Declaration Pledging Faithfulness for illegal alien?: w12 12/15 16-17
Declaration Pledging Faithfulness permanent?: w87 2/15 31
effect of remarriage after unscriptural divorce: w22.04 30-31
remarry mate in resurrection?: w14 8/15 29-30; w87 6/1 30-31
unable to find suitable mate: w93 1/15 31
use matchmaking websites to find mate?: w21.07 30-31
why Israelites could marry captive foreign women: w04 9/15 28
Mary pregnant when visiting Elizabeth?: w95 7/15 31
Mary’s imperfection affect Jesus?: w02 3/15 19
Melchizedek “without genealogy”? (Heb 7:3): w93 11/15 31
Memorial:
how could Jesus use something fermented (wine)?: w07 9/15 31
how “often”? (1Co 11:25, 26): w03 1/1 31
when partakers increase: w96 8/15 30-31
when unable to attend: w03 3/15 31; w93 2/1 31
why instituted with apostles only: w91 7/15 31
why so few partake: w88 2/1 30-31
mental-health practitioners: w96 9/1 30-31
Mephibosheth shown compassion but executed? (2Sa 21:7-9): w22.03 13
Messiah:
basis for Jews being “in expectation” (Lu 3:15): w14 2/15 26-27
line of descent tied to firstborn?: w17.12 14-15
Millennium:
after final test, possible to sin?: w06 8/15 31
ministerial servants:
minimum age?: w89 7/1 29
Moses:
anger at Aaron’s sons (Le 10:16-20): w11 2/15 12
error keeping Moses from Promised Land: w87 10/15 30-31
spoken of as “the Christ”? (Heb 11:26): w92 11/15 30
new covenant:
when validated, inaugurated?: w20.07 31
“new world” fitting?: w87 5/1 30-31
New World Translation:
phronema rendered “meaning” and “minding” (Ro 8:6, 7, 27): w90 12/1 30
pisteuo rendered “believe” and “exercise faith in”: w90 12/1 30
why 2 Peter 1:19 differs: w91 2/1 29
why Psalm 144:12-15 reworded?: w18.04 32
Noah:
how many of each clean beast in ark?: w07 3/15 31
where did dove find olive leaf?: w04 2/15 31
why send raven, then dove?: w92 1/15 31
“not stand up against the life of” another (Le 19:16): w21.12 14
oaths: w22.04 28-29
in court: w03 1/15 21
“other sheep” (Joh 10:16): w95 4/15 31
Paul:
“caught away to the third heaven” and “into paradise” (2Co 12:2-4): w18.12 8
compromise by saying: “I am a Pharisee”? (Ac 23:6): w05 4/15 31
meaning of “through law I died toward law” (Ga 2:19): w21.06 31
“one born prematurely” (1Co 15:8): w22.09 27
prejudiced against Cretans? (Tit 1:12, 13): w89 5/15 31
where shipwrecked?: w04 8/15 30-31
why depicted as bald or having little hair?: w18.03 13
willing to give up life to save Jews? (Ro 9:3): w93 9/15 31
perfection possible for humans today? (Mt 5:48): w10 11/15 22
perfume:
assisting ones who suffer from reactions to: w15 2/15 29
pets:
wrong to take life of sick or old?: w03 6/1 31
Pharaoh marry Sarah?: w92 2/1 31
Pharisees:
why were proselytes subjects for Gehenna?: w87 10/1 30-31
Philistines:
who were they?: w95 2/1 31
pivotal dates:
why 29 C.E. and not 14 C.E.: w91 11/15 31
pollution:
Christian responsibility: w93 1/1 31
polygamy:
Jehovah’s standard changed?: w03 8/1 28
Pontius Pilate a historical person?: w15 2/15 30
pornography:
could practice of viewing result in removal from the congregation?: w12 3/15 30-31
prayer:
about ones removed from the congregation: w01 12/1 30-31
in Jesus’ name: w02 4/15 31
Stephen pray to Jesus? (Ac 7:59): w05 1/1 31
Protestantism more defiled than Catholicism?: w89 4/1 30
Psalms:
why internal numbering differs between translations: w03 4/1 31
purchasing stolen goods: w92 6/15 30-31
questions about Bible or personal problems: w11 10/15 32
Rachel weeping over her sons (Jer 31:15): w14 12/15 21
rape:
why girl “in the field” judged innocent without two witnesses? (De 22:25-27): w19.12 14
why scream when threatened?: w03 2/1 30-31
removal from the congregation:
for apostasy despite professed belief in God, Bible, and Jesus?: w86 4/1 30-31
for joining another religion?: w86 10/15 31
for uncleanness?: w06 7/15 29-31
parents sit with removed offspring at meetings?: w13 8/15 8
wrong to pray about removed ones?: w01 12/1 30-31
resurrection:
babies that die in womb?: w09 4/15 12-13; w09 8/15 23
unbelievers dying during last days?: w93 5/15 31
who will be resurrected on earth, and with what outcome?: w22.09 26
will most reject true worship?: w90 3/15 31
‘righteous may fall seven times’ refer to sin? (Pr 24:16): w20.12 15
Samson:
lion torn in two as if male kid?: w05 1/15 31
touch corpses though a Nazirite?: w05 1/15 30-31
Satan:
‘already fallen from heaven’ in Jesus’ day?: w04 8/1 28
have ability to read minds?: w03 6/15 30
Jehovah deal directly with? (Job 1, 2): w86 11/1 31
Lucifer a name for? (Isa 14:12, KJ): w02 9/15 30
when cast out of heaven? (Re 12:1-9): w09 5/15 18
why called “the one having the means to cause death”? (Heb 2:14): w03 7/1 30
schools:
religious instruction: w91 12/15 28-29
“seed [offspring] of God” (Mal 2:15): w87 9/15 31
seven trumpets (Re 8-14):
when begin to sound?: w90 4/1 31
sex:
child abuse (pedophilia): w97 2/1 29
shared living accommodations: w10 2/15 22-23
Shechinah (miraculous light): w05 8/15 31
sheep and goats (Mt 25):
Witnesses now sharing in a separating work?: w97 7/1 30-31
Simon the leper:
when Jesus ate at home of: w86 2/15 31
sin:
Christians authorized to forgive? (Joh 20:23): w96 4/15 28-29
“crouching at the entrance” (Ge 4:7): w94 2/1 31
some humans sinless? (Joh 9:41): w88 8/1 31
singleness:
gift acquired mysteriously? (Mt 19:10-12): w12 11/15 20
unable to find suitable mate: w93 1/15 31
So-and-so:
why did he say marrying Ruth would “ruin” his inheritance? (Ru 4:1, 6): w23.03 14; w05 3/1 29
Sodom and Gomorrah:
inhabitants to be resurrected?: w88 6/1 30-31
soul:
origin of immortality doctrine: w19.12 15
sterilization: w99 6/15 27-28
suicide:
give funeral talk for?: w02 6/15 30-31
tea:
Christian view: w90 2/15 29
temple (Solomon’s):
how tall was the porch?: w24.10 31
Tetragrammaton found in Shem-Tob’s Matthew?: w97 8/15 30
“tipping” officials different from bribing them: w05 4/1 29; w86 10/1 30-31
tipping or giving gifts to government employees appropriate?: w16.05 30-31
toasts: w07 2/15 30-31
two sticks (Eze 37): w16.07 31-32
types and antitypes: w15 3/15 17-18
unbaptized publisher:
may Christians speak to, if disqualified by wrongdoing?: w89 2/15 29
unicorns in Bible?: w92 6/1 31
unmarried couple spending night together: w18.07 32
voices:
hearing voices means demon attack?: w03 5/1 31
voting: w99 11/1 28-29
vows to God always binding?: w02 11/15 30-31
weddings:
attend in church?: w02 5/15 28
attend wedding of non-Witness?: w07 11/15 31
principles on giving and receiving gifts: w03 9/1 29
“woman” who ‘arises, sheds light’ (Isa 60:1): w24.07 30-31
women:
head covering appropriate when interpreting into sign language at meetings?: w09 11/15 12-13
how “keep silent in the congregations”? (1Co 14:34): w06 3/1 28-29
how “kept safe through childbearing”? (1Ti 2:15): w05 5/1 29
when to wear head covering: w02 7/15 26-27
“word of God” (Heb 4:12): w16.09 13
Zechariah (father of John the Baptizer) deaf and mute?: w92 4/1 31
List by Scripture
Genesis 3:1, serpent “cautious,” not “clever”?: w90 10/15 30
Genesis 3:4, Satan introduce idea of immortal soul?: w19.12 15
Genesis 3:14, whether serpent had legs: w07 6/15 31
Genesis 3:22, “one of us”: w03 10/15 27
Genesis 4:7, “sin crouching at the entrance”: w94 2/1 31
Genesis 6:2, 4, “sons of the true God”?: w13 6/15 22
Genesis 6:3, “120 years”: w10 12/15 30-31
Genesis 7:2, how many of each clean beast?: w07 3/15 31
Genesis 8:11, where did dove find olive leaf?: w04 2/15 31
Genesis 27:19, Jacob wrong to impersonate Esau?: w07 10/1 31
Genesis 38:15, 16, why Judah have relations with presumed harlot?: w04 1/15 30
Genesis 44:5, Joseph actually read omens?: w06 2/1 31
Exodus 4:24-26, whose life in danger?: w04 3/15 28
Exodus 20:5 and Ezekiel 18:20 harmonized: w10 3/15 28-29
Exodus 22:16, 17, seduced virgin: w89 11/15 31
Exodus 23:19, not boil kid in mother’s milk: w06 4/1 31
Leviticus 3:17 and Nehemiah 8:10 harmonized: w08 12/15 32
Leviticus 10:16-20, why Moses angry with Aaron’s sons?: w11 2/15 12
Leviticus 11:40 and Deuteronomy 14:21 harmonized: w05 7/1 27
Leviticus 19:16, meaning of “stand up against the life of” another person: w21.12 14
Leviticus 23:10, 11, who harvested sheaf?: w07 7/15 26
Numbers 21:14, “book of the Wars of Jehovah” inspired but lost?: w09 3/15 32
Numbers 25:9 and 1 Corinthians 10:8 harmonized: w04 4/1 29
Deuteronomy 21:11, marriage to captive foreign women: w04 9/15 28
Deuteronomy 22:25-27, why girl raped “in the field” judged innocent without two witnesses?: w19.12 14
Deuteronomy 22:28, 29, seduced virgin: w89 11/15 31
Deuteronomy 29:29, “things revealed”: w87 5/15 31
Deuteronomy 31:2 and 34:7 harmonized: w06 10/1 31
Joshua 10:13, “book of Jashar” inspired but lost?: w09 3/15 32
Judges 14:6, common to tear apart a young goat?: w05 1/15 31
Ruth 4:1, 6, why did “So-and-so” say marrying Ruth would “ruin” his inheritance?: w23.03 14; w05 3/1 29
1 Samuel 14:27, did Jonathan lose God’s favor?: w86 6/1 31
1 Samuel 14:32-34, why Saul’s soldiers not executed for eating meat with blood?: w94 4/15 31
1 Samuel 16:10, 11 and 1 Chronicles 2:13-15 harmonized: w02 9/15 31
1 Samuel 17:58, why Saul asked whose son David was: w07 8/1 31
1 Samuel 19:13, why David allow Michal to have teraphim?: w04 6/1 29
1 Samuel 21:1-6, David and men eat showbread: w05 3/15 30
1 Samuel 22:22, David endanger Ahimelech knowingly?: w86 11/15 31
2 Samuel 12:14, why was child to die, in view of Deuteronomy 24:16 and Ezekiel 18:20?: w86 3/15 31
2 Samuel 12:31 (KJ), David treat captives savagely?: w05 2/15 27
2 Samuel 18:8, how forest ‘ate’ more than sword did: w87 3/15 31
2 Samuel 21:7-9, Mephibosheth shown compassion but executed?: w22.03 13
1 Kings 8:8, how poles of Ark visible?: w01 10/15 31
2 Kings 2:9, why “two parts” of Elijah’s spirit?: w03 11/1 31
1 Chronicles 20:3 (KJ), David treat captives savagely?: w05 2/15 27
Job 1:8, Job alone faithful?: w92 8/1 31
Job 33:24, who was ransom for Job?: w91 2/15 31
Psalms, why internal numbering differs between translations: w03 4/1 31
Psalm 12:7, to whom does “them” refer?: w24.06 19
Psalm 22:1, why Jesus quoted on stake: w21.04 30-31
Psalm 37:25, mean Jehovah never allow Christian to lack food?: w14 9/15 22
Psalm 37:29, “the land” (KJ) mean Promised Land?: w86 1/1 31
Psalm 61:8, David to praise God’s name “forever”?: w22.12 14
Psalm 102:26, earth and heavens will perish?: w06 1/1 30
Psalm 116:15, how is ‘death of loyal ones’ “precious”?: w12 5/15 22
Psalm 144:12-15, applies to God’s people: w18.04 32
Proverbs 8, applies to prehuman Jesus?: w06 8/1 31
Proverbs 22:6, mean children will not leave Jehovah?: w07 6/1 31
Proverbs 24:16, “fall seven times” refer to sin?: w20.12 15
Proverbs 24:27, what lesson?: w09 10/15 12
Proverbs 27:23, meaning for Christians: w91 8/1 31
Proverbs 30:4, are Jehovah and Jesus meant?: w87 7/15 31
Proverbs 30:18, 19, ‘way of a man with a maiden’ “wonderful”?: w92 7/1 31
Ecclesiastes 5:8, refers to human rulers or also Jehovah?: w20.09 31
Ecclesiastes 7:28, “one man out of a thousand”: w07 1/15 31
Isaiah 11:6, ‘wolf reside for a while with lamb’?: w91 9/15 31
Isaiah 14:12, “Lucifer” (KJ) a name for Satan?: w02 9/15 30
Isaiah 27:1, Leviathan: w86 8/15 31
Isaiah 30:20, 21, why a word “behind you”?: w03 2/15 31
Isaiah 40:26, ‘no star missing,’ yet stars die?: w89 9/15 31
Isaiah 43:10, prove Jesus not a god?: w86 7/1 31
Isaiah 53:10, ‘Jehovah took delight in crushing’ Messiah?: w00 8/15 31
Isaiah 60:1, who is the “woman,” how does she “arise,” “shed light”?: w24.07 30-31
Jeremiah 4:10, Jehovah deceive Israel?: w89 5/1 31
Jeremiah 7:16, mean not to pray for removed ones?: w01 12/1 30-31
Jeremiah 20:7, Jehovah fool Jeremiah?: w89 5/1 31
Jeremiah 31:15, Rachel weeping over sons: w14 12/15 21
Jeremiah 32:7, proper for Hanamel to sell property to Jeremiah?: w04 3/1 29
Lamentations 4:10, “compassionate women” eat own children?: w89 8/1 29
Ezekiel 3:8, 9, why was Ezekiel’s face hardened?: w88 7/15 30
Ezekiel 37:15-17, stick of Judah, stick of Joseph: w16.07 31-32
Daniel 9:24, when was “Holy of Holies” anointed?: w01 5/15 27
Zephaniah 2:3, “probably”: w05 8/1 31
Haggai 2:7, what causes “desirable things” to “come in”?: w06 5/15 31
Zechariah 9:4, why foretell destruction of Tyre after already destroyed?: w08 6/1 27
Malachi 2:15, “seed [offspring] of God”: w87 9/15 31
Matthew 3:7, “caught sight of”: w94 10/15 31
Matthew 5:22, what three dangers?: w06 2/15 31
Matthew 5:48, how “be perfect”?: w10 11/15 22
Matthew 6:10, imply God’s will already done in heaven?: w03 12/15 28-29
Matthew 6:10, pray for Kingdom to come to earth?: w96 6/1 31
Matthew 6:33, mean Jehovah never allow Christian to lack food?: w14 9/15 22
Matthew 7:13, 14, imply most resurrected will reject true worship?: w90 3/15 31
Matthew 10:21, spiritual brothers?: w91 5/15 31
Matthew 10:34-38, “Do not think I came to bring peace”: w22.07 31
Matthew 11:11, Jesus know John the Baptizer would die first?: w92 2/15 29
Matthew 11:24, Sodom’s inhabitants to be resurrected?: w88 6/1 30-31
Matthew 17:20 and Mark 9:29 harmonized: w98 8/1 30
Matthew 19:9, effect of unscriptural divorce and remarriage: w22.04 30-31
Matthew 19:10-12, gift of singleness acquired mysteriously?: w12 11/15 20
Matthew 19:24, “camel” or “rope”?: w87 12/1 31
Matthew 19:24, literal camel and needle?: w04 5/15 30-31
Matthew 22:30, remarry mate in resurrection?: w87 6/1 30-31
Matthew 24:9 and Luke 21:12 harmonized: w96 7/15 30
Matthew 24:22, “flesh” saved include converts during great tribulation?: w97 2/15 29
Matthew 24:34, “generation”:
allow end to be distant?: w97 5/1 29
alter view of 1914?: w97 6/1 28
related to “generation” (KJ) of 1 Peter 2:9?: w95 11/1 30-31
Matthew 24:45, meaning of “discreet”?: w07 9/1 31
Matthew 26:8; Mark 14:4; John 12:4, 5, who complained about expensive oil?: w00 4/15 31
Matthew 27:46, reason for Jesus’ outcry: w21.04 30-31; w87 6/15 31
Matthew 28:17, some apostles doubted?: w92 12/1 30
Mark 6:7-9, apostles told by Jesus to carry staffs and wear sandals?: w11 3/15 6
Mark 14:51, 52, disciple who fled naked: w91 4/1 31
Mark 15:34, reason for Jesus’ outcry: w21.04 30-31; w87 6/15 31
Luke 1:62, Zechariah deaf and mute?: w92 4/1 31
Luke 3:15, “in expectation” of Messiah: w14 2/15 26-27
Luke 6:35, “not hoping for anything back” includes loan principal?: w04 10/15 29
Luke 7:48, how could Jesus forgive woman?: w10 8/15 6-7
Luke 10:18, ‘Satan already fallen from heaven’: w04 8/1 28
Luke 12:20, who demanded man’s soul?: w86 7/15 31
imply most resurrected will reject true worship?: w90 3/15 31
meaning and application: w98 6/15 30-31
Luke 20:35, 36, Jesus talking about earthly resurrection?: w14 8/15 29-30
Luke 20:35, remarry mate in resurrection?: w87 6/1 30-31
Luke 22:25, 26, Benefactors: w18.11 31
John 3:13, “no man has ascended into heaven but he that descended”: w06 6/15 30
John 4:14, “fountain of water bubbling up”: w86 5/15 31
John 4:24, “worship with spirit”: w01 9/15 28
John 5:2-7, people healed in disturbed waters?: w88 9/1 31
John 5:7, what could cause water to be “stirred up”?: w16.05 32
John 5:26; 6:53, meaning of ‘having life in oneself’?: w03 9/15 30-31
John 6:53, apply to anointed only?: w86 2/15 30-31
John 9:41, imply some humans are sinless?: w88 8/1 31
John 11:26, how “never die at all”?: w89 1/15 31
John 11:35, why Jesus gave way to tears: w13 9/15 32
John 14:2, “prepare a place”: w88 5/15 31
John 15:15, Christians slaves or friends of Christ?: w88 6/15 31
John 18:15, disciple known to high priest: w91 4/1 31
John 19:6, imply Jews had authority to execute Jesus?: w88 7/1 31
John 19:7, 8, why Pilate fearful?: w08 6/1 27
John 19:11, refer to Judas?: w88 7/15 30
John 20:23, mean that Christians can forgive sins?: w96 4/15 28-29
John 21:15, “these”: w88 11/1 31
Acts 2:38, baptism symbolize dedication?: w03 5/15 30-31
Acts 3:17, Jewish people “acted in ignorance”?: w09 6/15 32
Acts 7:59, Stephen’s exclamation mean we should pray to Jesus?: w05 1/1 31
Acts 12:15, why disciples say: “It is [Peter’s] angel”?: w05 6/1 31
Acts 23:6, Paul compromise by saying: “I am a Pharisee”?: w05 4/15 31
Acts 28:1, Malta?: w04 8/15 30-31
Romans 7:19, “good” that Paul could not do: w91 9/1 31
Romans 8:6, 7, 27, why phronema rendered “minding” and “meaning”: w90 12/1 30
Romans 9:3, Paul willing to give up life to save Jews?: w93 9/15 31
Romans 11:26, all Jews to become Christians?: w08 6/15 28
Romans 12:19, “yield place to the wrath”: w00 3/15 29
1 Corinthians 10:13, ‘God will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear’—how?: w17.02 29-30
1 Corinthians 11:25, 26, “as often”: w03 1/1 31
1 Corinthians 14:34, women to “keep silent” in congregation: w06 3/1 28-29
1 Corinthians 14:37, “gifted with the spirit”: w93 10/15 31
1 Corinthians 15:5, “the Twelve”: w88 1/15 30
1 Corinthians 15:8, in what sense was Paul “born prematurely”?: w22.09 27
1 Corinthians 15:29, baptism for the dead: w20.12 14; w03 10/1 29
2 Corinthians 1:22, “token” and “seal” received by anointed Christians: w16.04 32
2 Corinthians 6:14, include going into business with unbeliever?: w93 10/1 29-30
2 Corinthians 6:14, who are “unbelievers”?: w04 7/1 30-31
2 Corinthians 12:2-4, “caught away to the third heaven” and “into paradise”: w18.12 8
2 Corinthians 12:8, 9, “Lord”: w87 11/15 29
Galatians 2:19, “through law I died toward law”: w21.06 31
Galatians 5:22, 23, are the listed qualities the only aspects of fruitage of spirit?: w20.06 17
Galatians 6:8, “spirit”: w95 6/15 31
Ephesians 3:14, 15, families: w96 1/15 31
Ephesians 4:30, how grieve God’s spirit?: w04 5/15 29-30
Philippians 2:9, Jesus’ “name that is above every other”: w95 11/15 30
Philippians 3:13, “forgetting the things behind” possible?: w96 5/1 31
Colossians 1:16, in what sense all things created “for” Jesus?: w01 9/1 31
2 Thessalonians 3:14, 15, ‘marking’: w24.08 7; w99 7/15 29-31
1 Timothy 2:5, 6, Jesus Mediator only for anointed?: w89 8/15 30-31
1 Timothy 2:15, women “kept safe through childbearing”: w05 5/1 29
1 Timothy 5:9, “wife of one husband”: w07 4/1 31
1 Timothy 5:21, who are “the chosen angels”?: w24.12 30
1 Timothy 6:15, 16, basis for application to Jesus: w05 9/1 27
Titus 1:6, “believing children”: w89 2/15 29
Titus 1:12, 13, Paul prejudiced?: w89 5/15 31
Hebrews 2:14, Satan “the one having the means to cause death”: w03 7/1 30
Hebrews 4:9-11, how can one enter God’s rest?: w01 10/1 30-31
Hebrews 4:12, what is “the word of God”?: w16.09 13
Hebrews 4:15, 16, how Jesus’ high priestly services benefit “other sheep” now: w95 6/1 30-31
Hebrews 6:2, “laying on of the hands”: w08 9/15 32
Hebrews 7:3, Melchizedek “without genealogy”?: w93 11/15 31
Hebrews 9:16, death of covenanter: w92 3/1 31
Hebrews 11:26, Moses “the Christ”?: w92 11/15 30
Hebrews 12:4, “resisted as far as blood”: w02 2/15 29
James 3:1, ‘not many should become teachers’: w95 9/15 30
1 Peter 2:9, “generation” (KJ) related to “generation” of Matthew 24:34?: w95 11/1 30-31
1 Peter 2:17 and 1 John 4:18 harmonized: w95 8/1 31
1 Peter 3:19, Jesus “preached to the spirits in prison”: w13 6/15 23
1 Peter 4:3, “illegal idolatries” in what sense?: w01 7/15 28
2 Peter 1:19, why New World Translation differs: w91 2/1 29
2 Peter 3:13 (heavens) and Revelation 21:1 (heaven) harmonized: w01 6/15 31
1 John 4:18, “perfect love,” “fear”: w04 10/1 29
Revelation 7:4, literally 144,000?: w04 9/1 30-31
Revelation 7:9, 14, “great crowd” now?: w86 8/1 31
Revelation 7:15, “great crowd” serve in which part of temple?: w02 5/1 30-31
Revelation 11:3, start and end of 1,260 days: w94 8/1 31
Revelation 12:9, when Satan cast out of heaven?: w09 5/15 18
Revelation 16:14, 16, what is war at Har–Magedon?: w07 2/1 31
Revelation 20:8, vast number implied?: w02 12/1 29