DEAD
(See also Death; Funerals; Gehenna; Grave; Hell; Immortality of the Soul; Reincarnation; Resurrection; Souls; Spiritism)
absent person:
presumption of death: w69 447-448
acquitted from sin: w78 9/1 22; w74 607
All Souls’ Day: su 49; g78 11/8 3
autopsies: g68 6/8 21; w67 703, 724-725
baptism for: g61 4/22 8
burial customs: w80 6/1 7; ts 22, 61-62; g72 3/8 29; ad 268-269, 515-516; g70 7/22 25-26; g68 5/22 16-19; g67 12/8 17-19
burial in Middle East: ad 268-269, 515-516; fm 272
Hinduism: g77 2/8 20-22
burial in space: g85 5/22 30; g84 8/8 30
“come to life” (Re 20:5): w82 4/1 23-24; w82 12/1 31; w74 95-96
communicating with: w81 9/15 8-9; g79 7/22 9-12; ts 74-78; g73 6/8 7, 28; w55 524-527, 603-604; dh 3-8, 43-44, 87-88; en 56-57
condition: Rbi8 1573-1575; tr 34-35; hp 114-118; g79 7/22 15; us 18-19; g75 10/22 5-6; ts 60, 90-94, 120-121; g74 6/8 28; w73 230-231, 234-235; w73 639-640; g73 6/8 6; g72 3/22 18-19; g72 6/8 6; g72 8/8 27-28; w71 707-708; ad 431, 1547; te 67-70; g71 3/8 27-28; g71 5/22 27; w70 133, 422, 611-612, 697; g69 4/22 12; w68 199, 390, 452, 659; g68 9/8 4; g67 1/8 27-28; g67 2/8 28; g66 4/8 28; g66 10/22 28; w65 47-48; ms 143-144; w64 327; g64 11/8 6; w62 551; g62 5/8 22; g62 6/8 27-28; g62 8/22 6; w60 517-520; w58 326, 355; g58 4/22 25-26; g55 9/22 5-6; gn54 8-12; g49 10/22 25-26; w48 317-318; w46 122; ep 363-364; hp42 31, 41; ci 70-75; g37 2/10 316-317; g36 2/26 347-348; w33 351; af 14-17, 48-50
cremation: g76 8/8 27-28; g68 2/22 17; w65 416; g65 6/22 30; g63 11/22 23; g56 7/8 25-26; g47 11/22 24-25; g35 1/30 276
statistics by country: g85 7/8 30-31
Day of the Dead:
origin: su 49
“dead works” (Heb 6:1): w85 5/1 11-12; w72 700; g72 7/22 27-28; ad 1388
discussion: w82 10/15 16-17; tr 34-45; w80 3/15 5-7; g79 7/22 3-16; g78 11/8 3-5; g75 10/22 3-13; g72 6/8 5-8; w71 707-710; ad 430-432; g71 3/8 27-28; w68 659-664; g66 10/22 27-28; w64 325-327; w60 517-520; lg 88-99; w48 316-318; hp42 3-62; wd 3-61
electronic tombstone: g81 8/8 29
embalming: ad 515-516; g63 11/22 21
fear of the dead: w82 9/1 3-4; w80 8/1 6; ts 69-73; g74 12/8 26; w73 603-606; te 70; g67 4/8 5-6; g64 11/8 5-7; g63 5/22 5-6; g62 8/22 5-6
forgotten: ts 23
freezing: w80 5/15 30; g79 7/22 13; ts 22; g71 8/22 30
funeral customs: g78 3/8 15; g77 3/22 12-15; ad 269, 515-516; g68 2/22 18; g63 11/22 21-23; g60 7/8 24-26; g60 8/22 21-23; w58 575; g58 3/22 28; g57 3/22 21-22; g55 2/8 24; g54 1/22 18; g54 9/22 20; g53 7/8 20; g51 6/22 17-18; g48 2/8 21-24; g48 5/8 12-14; g47 3/22 25; g40 5/15 26-27; g37 9/22 821; af 54-63
universal: ts 22
funeral services conducted by Witnesses: g79 8/8 8, 10-11
God’s knowledge regarding the: w80 4/1 27
honoring: w80 3/15 5-7; w78 6/1 6-7
judgment: sr55 354-356; nh 348-351; lg 293; rm 340-341; el 298-300; w47 203-204
medical revivals: g69 1/22 30; g68 6/8 19
misconceptions: g79 7/22 4-12; g78 11/8 3; g75 10/22 5-7; ts 26-29, 69-74, 88-91, 96; g74 6/8 27-28; w73 208-209; w73 230-233; g73 6/8 5-8; g72 3/22 18; g72 4/22 8; w71 709-710; ad 494, 515; g71 3/8 28; w70 131-132; g69 4/22 12; g69 6/8 27-28; g68 7/22 30; g66 4/8 27; g66 10/22 27; w64 325, 327; g64 8/22 25; w63 73; g63 5/22 5-6; g62 5/8 22-23; g61 8/8 5-6; w60 42, 518; g58 9/8 5-7; w55 525-526, 603; dh 3-6; w54 361-363; rm 220-222; g50 3/22 23; g50 6/22 9-10; g38 5/4 5
Babylonian view: g77 8/22 9-10
Egyptian view: g77 8/22 10-11
mourning for: w85 4/15 23-25; w80 3/15 5-6; g79 8/8 8; w78 6/1 6-7; g76 3/22 27-28; ts 61-62; g74 12/8 26-28; ad 1188; g68 9/8 7; g68 11/8 3-7; g64 7/22 3-4; w63 259-260; g62 9/8 24-26; w58 575; g48 2/8 22-23; g40 1/24 19; g40 5/15 26-27; s 335
persons legally “dead”:
suggestions to use body parts from: w74 684
prayers for: w80 6/1 7; ts 61, 64-68; w62 31; w61 581-583
proper view: w82 10/15 16-17; g78 11/8 3-5; w73 604-606
“rest of the dead” (Re 20:5): w82 12/1 31
resurrection hope: w83 10/1 11-13; tr 45; hp 118-120; g79 7/22 16; g78 3/8 3-4; g78 11/8 4-5; go 11, 189-190; lp 167-171, 175-177; g75 10/22 8-13; ts 166-175; g74 6/8 28; g74 12/8 28; g73 6/8 6, 8; g72 6/8 7-8; w71 295-296; w71 708-710; ad 1393-1400; te 83-86; g71 12/8 28; w70 133-134; w69 391; w68 433-434, 664; g68 9/8 7-8; g67 4/8 7; g67 6/22 7; g66 10/22 28; w65 18-20, 177-182; yb65 29-31; w63 228-230, 234-243; g62 9/8 26; g61 5/22 7-8; g61 8/8 7-8; g60 8/8 27; w59 333-334, 345-347; mn 19-21; w58 325-328; pa 227-234; g55 9/22 5-7; w54 113-125, 273-285; lg 272-282; w47 83-91; w38 327; af 17-18
rites for: ts 61-69; g74 12/8 26-27; w73 603-605; w69 390-391
skyscraper tomb: g72 3/8 31
‘spirit returns to God’ (Ec 12:7): ts 47-53; g72 8/8 27-28
spiritually: w74 757-760; w73 208-209; w64 716; g62 10/22 28; w55 542; nh 192-194; w52 102, 639; w43 138
in God’s sight: w74 95-96
pass over to life: w78 9/1 18, 20-21; w78 12/15 30
tiered structures for: g79 1/22 26
wakes for: w80 3/15 6; g79 5/22 27-28; g77 3/22 13-14
wink saves man from being viewed as: g80 3/22 31
worship of: ts 60-69; w73 603-606; g72 3/22 17-18; w70 420-422; g66 9/8 11; w63 381; w60 42; w58 368; rm 133