SHEPHERDS
(See also Elders [Older Men]; Fine Shepherd [John 10]; Jehovah; Jesus Christ; Overseers; Sheep)
Bethlehem (December 25): ad 223, 314; w69 703-704; w61 217; w57 319
care of sheep: ad 1489; g70 5/8 19; w61 216-219
definition: ad 1489; v-2 222
discussion: ad 1489-1490
hated by ancient Egyptians: ad 962; w63 205; w37 87; w34 69
informed of Jesus’ birth: w85 6/1 8
patriarchal society: w52 438-440
rulers: w79 9/15 27-29; ad 1490; kj 293-301
sheep know voice: w84 2/15 12; w75 432; w73 39; ad 1483, 1489; g70 1/22 26
spiritual: w74 281-282; w72 459
care of sheep: w80 9/1 14-20; w73 39; or 55, 57-58; te 116
discussion: ad 1489-1490
false: w79 9/1 24-31; w76 30; w75 553-555; w73 165-166; pm 305-310; w59 291-292, 361; w56 318; w53 466, 469; w33 307-314; pp 188-218; v-2 222-239
“gifts in men” (Eph 4:8): w75 667-668; w75 726-727; w71 751-752
hated by “Egyptians”: w50 116; jh 34
individual ministers: w64 252-253; w60 77, 344-345; w59 365; w58 183-187; w52 441-442
Jehovah: w83 1/1 4-5; w79 9/1 25-26; or 53; kj 293, 299, 302-304, 310-311; te 115-118; w70 414; w69 397-403; w66 264-265; g65 9/8 5-7; g63 1/8 27-28; w62 586; wr 30-31; w61 216; w58 176-178; w53 465-466; w46 147-151; g42 5/27 17-18; w31 21-25
Jesus Christ: w84 2/15 10-20; w80 7/15 17-22; w79 9/1 24-27; w79 10/1 29; w73 168-169; or 53, 55; pm 314-325; kj 297, 305-307, 310-311; w69 397, 402-403; w66 267; li 377-378; g64 12/22 28-29; w63 539; g63 1/8 27-28; w62 405-406, 586; wr 30-31; w61 216, 218; w60 757; w58 178-181, 184; w53 467-468; w52 440-442; w50 116-117; w46 151-158; v-2 231-245; w31 21
ministerial servants: yl 148-149
overseers of congregation: w85 11/15 23-27; w80 9/1 14-20; bw 140-147; w76 405-411; w74 434-435; w73 39; or 53-58; w69 407-409; w68 185; w67 30; yl 125; w66 144, 264-276; w65 271; w62 339-340; w61 217-219; w60 344-345, 356; w59 291, 361-373; w52 712; w50 115-123
responsibilities: w80 9/1 15-17; w72 437; g65 9/8 6-7
“seven shepherds” (Mic 5:5): w62 51-52
sheep know voice: km 11/76 2; w73 39
Zechariah: pm 305-306, 310-314, 318-320