DEAD

(See also Burial; Cremation; Death; Gehenna; Hades; Memorial Tombs; Mourning; Reincarnation; Resurrection; Sheol)

ancestor worship: bhs 165; bh 155-156; ol 12-14; w99 7/15 28; g96 11/22 3, 6-8; rs 29-32; g89 3/8 18-19

baptized “for the dead” (“for the purpose of being dead ones”) (1Co 15:29): w20.12 14; it-1 253; w08 7/15 27; w03 10/1 29; w00 7/15 17; w00 8/15 30; w98 7/1 17; rs 56-57

beliefs about the dead: g 2/14 5; pc 25; w86 8/1 3

able to harm the living: w09 1/1 11-12; ol 14; g96 8/8 18-19; w94 10/15 3-4

able to help the living: g 6/12 10-11; w10 1/1 19-21; ol 14

able to see the living: w94 11/15 3-4

active in society: g96 8/8 19

Africa: ol 12, 14; g96 11/22 3, 6; w95 5/15 3-4

become angels: g 8/06 28-29

Caribbean: w19.04 16

Egypt (ancient): it-1 691; g05 12/8 22-24; ie 6

need help of living: g 10/06 10-11

“come to life” (Re 20:5): w22.05 19; it-2 249; re 290; kl 187, 190; rs 338-339

communicating with the dead: bhs 109, 111; bh 101, 103; g 2/14 4-5; fg 13; g 6/12 10-11; w11 6/1 17; w10 1/1 20-21; w10 12/1 8-9; g00 7/22 4-6; kl 113; w94 10/15 5-6; pe 90-92; rs 31, 101-102, 384-386; w88 1/15 3-6; w86 8/1 6; g86 8/22 8-9

as “angels”: w95 11/1 6

“channeling”: w88 9/1 6; w87 8/15 30

conjurers: it-1 500

spiritism: it-2 1027-1028

witch of En-dor: g 6/12 11; w10 1/1 20; rs 385

condition: ijwbq articles 53, 189; lff lesson 29; w19.04 14-15; it-1 597; g17.3 6; w15 8/1 4; bhs 62-64, 67-70; bh 57-59, 64-65; g 6/14 9; fg 12; g 11/12 28; w11 6/1 16; w10 1/1 19; w09 1/1 11-12; pc 25; w08 11/1 4-5; w07 1/15 23-24; g 10/07 28-29; g 12/07 4-5; w06 6/15 5; g 10/06 11; w05 1/1 28; w05 5/1 13-14; w05 8/15 5-7; lr 177-181; wt 82; ol 13-14; w01 7/15 5-6; gf 20; w96 10/15 5-6; rq 23; kl 81-83; w94 6/15 3-4; w94 10/15 4-7; w94 11/15 5-6; sh 249-250; w89 10/15 3, 5; pe 76-80; rs 29-30, 99-100, 169; w88 9/15 5-6; w86 8/1 4-7; Lmn 16-17; vi 12-15

ancient question: w96 10/15 3

clarification by Witnesses: jv 126-130

comfort from knowing: scl 54

doctrine of “intermediate state”: w95 3/1 29-31

illustration by A. H. Macmillan: w91 9/15 29

like sleep: it-2 980-981; bhs 63-64; w14 1/1 6-7; bh 59; g 6/09 22; w08 11/1 17; g 12/07 7-8; w05 8/15 5-6; lr 177-179; dp 312-313; pe 79-80; g89 4/8 19; w88 9/15 6; w86 10/1 12-13

nonexistence: sp 4-6; w95 5/15 4-5; w90 9/1 5

not spirits: w10 12/1 8; g 8/06 28-29; sp 4-6

paralleled with destruction: it-1 12

poem “I Did Not Die”: g 9/11 15

‘thoughts perish’ (Ps 146:4): mrt article 64; it-2 1025

unconscious: it-2 1025; g 12/15 13; w99 4/1 16; ie 22

video What Is the Condition of the Dead?: lff lesson 29

cryonic suspension: w06 10/1 3; w99 4/15 5-6; w99 10/15 5; g88 7/8 6

customs regarding the dead: w19.04 16-18; w05 1/1 27-30; g99 2/8 10-11

Africa: w19.04 16-18; w98 1/15 20; g96 8/8 18-19

“Book of the Dead” (ancient Egypt): it-1 691

burial (ancient Egypt): it-1 691; w88 2/1 24-25

“burial” in Ganges (India): sh 124; g88 3/22 29

burning paper replicas of material goods (Orient): g98 6/8 28

exhumation (Madagascar): w94 10/15 5

sacrifices to the dead: w94 11/15 3-4, 6-7

small dwelling for dead at place of accident (Latin America): w94 10/15 3-4

discussion: g 12/07 8-9; kl 80-89; w94 6/15 3-7; w94 11/15 3-7; w86 8/1 3-7

embalming: it-1 721-722; w02 3/15 29-31; w02 4/15 30

experiences:

firm despite pressure to worship deceased: yb99 64

superstitions overcome: g 2/11 9; w95 3/15 8

fear of the dead: g 5/12 10-11; w09 1/1 11-13; g 6/09 22-23; ie 29; w97 2/1 5; rq 23; g96 8/8 18-19; w94 10/15 3-4; rs 30; w87 11/1 5-6

Festival of the Dead in November: rs 180-181

support for Flood: it-1 611; w02 3/1 4; rs 181

honoring: g99 2/8 10-11; rs 30-31

hope for the dead: lff lesson 30; wp19.3 16; w15 8/1 5-6; w15 11/1 16; w14 1/1 7, 14-15; w14 6/15 14; g 6/14 9; w13 10/1 16; nwt 23; fg 12-13; w11 6/1 16-17; w08 11/1 16-17

how Jehovah views: w03 8/15 32

not forgotten by Jehovah: cl 287; g89 5/8 31

judgment: bh 214-215; g 1/10 11; rs 337-338

Law covenant:

uncleanness from dead bodies: wp18.1 7; it-1 377, 1084; w12 1/15 17

“let the dead bury their dead” (Mt 8:22; Lu 9:60): it-2 790; jy 155; gt chapter 65; w88 3/15 25

people dead for years discovered at home: w02 9/1 3; g01 2/22 29; g86 12/22 29

prayers for the dead: g 10/06 10-11; w97 11/15 31; rs 265

spiritually dead:

Christendom: re 56, 134, 136, 149-151, 154

congregation in Sardis (Re 3:1): re 54-56

‘good news declared to’ (1Pe 4:6): it-2 789; w08 11/15 21; rs 163-164

rebellious mankind: re 223

veneration unscriptural: it-1 377

where dead are: wp17.4 6; w05 5/1 13-17; w94 11/15 4-6