OPPOSITION
(See also Adversaries; Apostasy; Persecution)
Bible examples: w09 3/1 13
Amaziah opposes Amos: jd 177-178; w04 11/15 13-14
Jehovah frustrates opposers: mwb24.07 2
Jews oppose early Christians: it-1 1077-1079
Jews oppose Jesus: lr 138-140; w91 8/1 15-16
Jews oppose Paul: w05 1/15 28-29
to Nehemiah’s rebuilding Jerusalem’s walls: w07 7/1 27-31; w98 10/15 17-18
to Zerubbabel’s temple: w22.03 14-15; w98 10/15 11; w86 1/15 8-9
deliverance from: w08 9/15 4-5, 7-9
experiences:
14-year-old sticks to truth: w91 2/1 30
85-year-old lady opposed by daughter: w01 2/1 8
abandoned by husband: w97 1/1 4
accepts truth despite threat of death: yb95 140-142
angry lady calmed: w91 3/15 27
apostate literature neutralized by Witness conduct: w90 1/1 26
attends convention to unmask Witnesses: w99 2/15 32
attitude changed by neighbor’s appreciation: yb91 143-144
backfires: g 4/07 21; w04 8/15 16; w92 7/15 23; yb92 117; yb91 168-169
beatings by family endured: w92 7/15 26-27
before World War II: jv 441-443
bows to opposition, later resumes study: yb06 45-46
calmed by illustration in Bible Teach book: w08 2/15 19
church holds meeting in hall rented for Memorial: w10 6/15 19
circuit assembly held anyway: yb08 233
clergy misconduct neutralizes: w94 5/15 24
clergy opposition backfires: yb90 106-107; w88 3/1 7; w88 10/1 31
consensual wife won over: yb98 250, 252
convention held anyway: yb08 233-235
daughter “exiled” to foreign land: yb03 245, 247
daughter loyal to Jehovah: g05 7/22 30; g04 10/8 13-15
daughter won over: w88 3/1 7
evades orders of officials: w02 7/1 25
family members helped: w09 3/1 14
family members won over: w03 7/1 7; yb03 58-59; yb00 239-241; w90 2/15 27; w86 8/1 21
family opposition endured: lfs article 19; w24.10 15; w22.06 14, 17-18; w11 10/15 18-19; w05 10/15 18; yb04 50; w03 12/1 24-26; jv 473; yb93 233; w86 7/1 11-12
father’s opposition: yb10 233-237; g 9/08 12-14; yb02 62; g99 2/22 30
father’s opposition softens after six years: g98 6/8 18-20
father’s violence endured: ijwex article 29; yb93 63-64; w86 7/1 11-12
father takes teen daughter back: w03 10/15 11
father won over: g98 2/22 31; yb96 57; w90 7/15 25-26
fearlessness of Witness helps former Bible student: w09 7/15 23
finally stands up to husband’s opposition: yb08 9-10
former prime minister and deputy decry: w98 1/1 15
funeral wins over community: yb04 49-50
gang member upset by lies about Witnesses: w98 1/1 14-15
girl’s godfather threatens to shoot her father: yb96 221
grandfather’s opposition endured: yb09 238
hounded Witnesses return on rainy days: w95 8/1 29
husband calmed by Witness customer: w94 1/15 8
husband changes after 20 years: w05 5/15 29; yb93 179-180
husband eventually thanks Witness: w01 1/1 14-15
husband helped by Reasoning book: yb87 28-29
husband in military: w94 4/15 26-29
husband opposed to field ministry: km 12/00 8
husband’s opposition turns to loyalty: w94 3/1 31
husband’s violence endured: yb98 191, 193; g92 9/22 20
husband won over: lfs article 18; w21.03 24; lff lesson 12; w19.08 14-19; w13 3/15 31; w12 2/15 29; yb12 86; w07 2/15 20-21; w06 8/1 11-15; w05 5/15 29; w05 12/1 17; yb02 103; yb98 98-100; g97 6/22 20-22; fy 131; w95 10/1 10-11; w94 10/1 9; yb90 45, 64; w89 1/15 6; w86 2/1 17; w86 5/1 22-23; w86 8/1 21
Indian villages (Canada): w94 10/1 24
in-laws won over: yb97 58
isolated publishers undeterred: yb92 62
judge upholds Witness wife: w87 5/1 21
kindness calms opposed pastor: yb06 58-60
kindness of Witnesses: yb06 50; yb98 250, 252
letter of contempt (Ireland): yb88 88
Live Forever book impresses doctor: w92 9/1 23
Memorial observed despite family opposition: w23.01 25
mildness overcomes: yb17 66-67; w03 4/1 22-23
mild response interests police: ijwex article 6
mother’s opposition: w21.03 20-22; w15 12/15 28-31; yb10 51; yb93 58-59
mother strengthened by daughters’ example: yb05 44
mother won over: w05 5/15 29
newspaper editor treated frankly, kindly: w01 1/1 17
nine-year-old outlasts family opposition: w02 4/1 27
not compromising brings good result: w02 6/1 24-28; yb94 145
opposed husband builds pool for wife’s baptism: w89 3/15 29
opposer reads first few lines of book: yb93 60-61
Organization video brings change of heart: w94 5/15 24
parental opposition endured: w24.01 5-7; yb08 242-243; g99 10/22 31; g95 9/22 19-23; w92 3/1 22; yb90 51; w88 9/1 20; yb87 205-207
parental opposition softens: w16.02 30; w06 10/15 10
parents won over: w19.08 17-18; w98 2/1 7
priest calls for paddy wagon: yb90 110-111
prison official defends visiting Witness: yb12 69
radio broadcasts: yb93 199
relatives visit continuously: yb97 54
ridicules workmate: yb11 65
school coordinator studies after dismissing Witness teacher: w91 7/1 31
severely beaten opposer helped by Witnesses: yb11 55-57
shouting opposer visited in hospital: yb05 53
stadium cancels then permits special assembly (Ukraine): yb08 20-21
summoned to meeting by chief: jv 473-474
town official who threw stones: w06 1/1 32
ultraorthodox Jews (Israel): yb99 53-54
village softens: w03 4/15 10
violently opposed man accepts brochure: yb96 63
wedding talk dissolves opposition: yb88 64
widower firm with wife’s family: w14 12/15 18
wife hides meeting clothes: yb10 97, 100
wife threatens to leave: w96 2/1 29
wife won over: w14 3/15 5; w03 2/1 26, 28-29; w01 11/1 13, 16; w89 4/1 31
Witness conduct wins over: w04 4/1 31
Witness returns despite dog: w09 7/15 22-23
family opposition: w25.06 23-24; scl 40, 91; w22.07 31; w21.03 21-22; lff lesson 59; w17.10 12-16; rk 28; w03 6/15 19; w95 10/1 8-11; pe 23-24
being baptized despite: w19.03 4, 6-7
Christian response: w22.06 17-18; rr 75; w05 5/15 28-29
video Jehovah Took Us In: lff lesson 59
family members: w91 5/15 31
‘I came to bring a sword’ (Mt 10:34): w22.07 31; w17.10 12-16
gaining respect of opposers: w05 9/15 30-31
gestures denoting: it-1 219
joy despite: w91 1/1 14
methods: w24.04 10-11; mwb22.11 12
not giving in to: lff lesson 12; rr 76; jr 186-188; w07 7/1 13; w05 1/1 15-16; w05 1/15 29; lr 137-141; wt 167-172, 174; ol 25, 27; gf 3; rq 9; kl 169; pe 23-24
clinging to truth: w87 3/15 29-31
field ministry: w25.03 17-18; w08 1/15 5-6
proclaiming Jehovah’s message: w88 7/15 30
prayer regarding: bt 32, 34-35; km 11/90 8
publicity campaign to smear Witnesses (1997): w98 1/1 14-15
to Jehovah:
madness of: it-2 291
to Witness printing operations: jv 585-586
what to do in face of: w25.03 17-18; scl 99; w22.03 16; bt 88, 92; jr 187-188; w07 7/1 28-31; jd 177-178; w04 11/15 13-14; w93 7/1 21-23; w86 1/15 8-9
Bible students: w25.06 23-24; w11 12/1 17; km 11/08 1; gf 3; rq 9; pe 23-24
ending a conversation: lmd Appendix B page 30
from householder: bt 50; w12 3/15 13; km 12/12 1; jr 188; km 7/10 3; km 1/08 8; km 12/08 4; w05 5/15 25-28; w03 6/15 18-19
from unbelieving mate: g03 6/8 30; fy 131-132; w95 6/1 26-29; w90 8/15 20-23; w88 11/1 24-25
from unbelieving parents: fy 135-136; w95 6/1 26-29
husband in military: w94 4/15 27-29
husband opposes children’s meeting attendance: w88 4/1 29-30
husband opposes wife’s meeting attendance: w88 4/1 28-29
Jesus’ example: cf 43-45; w05 5/15 27-28
local threat to life: w07 7/1 29-30; w90 6/15 11
public reproach: w19.03 12-13; w07 7/1 30; w95 4/1 26-29
trusting in Jehovah: w11 3/15 14
video Defend Your Faith Despite Opposition: lff lesson 34
when to keep quiet, to speak: mwb22.05 2; w19.07 11-12; w07 7/1 28-29; w98 12/1 15-18
youths: w08 5/15 19-20
why ineffective: w05 7/1 25-27
why some oppose: bhs 129; bh 120; br78 28; w87 3/15 30-31
unbelieving mates: w12 2/15 27-28; w90 8/15 21; w89 5/15 17-18
Witness response: scl 99; w98 10/15 17-18; jv 441-443, 692-695
France: w05 12/15 23
to insults: w20.07 14-15