DISCIPLES
(See also Christians; Christians [Early])
becoming a disciple: jy 196-197; gt chapter 84; w89 1/1 8-9
‘calculating the expense’ (Lu 14:28): w20.03 8; jy 196-197; w02 5/1 32; w98 12/1 8-9; w92 8/15 27; gt chapter 84
lesson of Nicodemus: w02 2/1 8-12
not expected to give up all possessions (Mr 10:21): cf 7
discussion: it-1 628-629; w03 2/1 8-23
first century:
courage: w93 11/15 19-20
Greek word: jv 27
inconveniences expected: it-2 494
Jesus Christ’s immediate: it-1 628; lr 72-76
70 sent out: w21.10 26; jy 170-171; w00 11/1 21; w98 3/1 30-31; gt chapter 72; w88 7/1 16-17
counseled: w11 11/15 30
counseled against desire for prominence: jy 252; gt chapter 109
dealings with: w86 12/1 14-15
disputes over greatness: cf 31-33, 70-71; w16.06 8-9; jy 148-149, 229, 272; w12 4/15 6; w12 11/15 15, 18; w10 8/15 3; w09 9/15 8; w05 4/1 9-10; gt chapters 62, 98, 115; w90 7/15 8-9; w89 9/1 8-9; w88 2/1 8-9
expectations regarding Jesus: w18.06 4-5; w10 12/1 19; w90 10/15 14-15
failure to cure boy (Mt 17:20; Mr 9:29): w98 8/1 30
field instructions to: w88 2/1 29; w86 6/1 22-23
first disciples: it-1 105, 411; jy 38-39, 59; w11 11/15 24-25; gt chapters 14, 22; w86 3/1 8-9
hospitality toward: it-1 1150
house-to-house ministry: it-2 673; jy 170; gt chapter 72; w88 7/1 16
Jesus’ response to failures of: w23.03 30-31; cf 70-71; w05 9/15 23-24
Jesus’ trust: cf 54-55, 169-170; w22.09 6; cl 217
many leave: jy 134; ia 188-190; w10 1/1 24-25; w05 9/1 21-22; gt chapter 55; w87 10/15 8-9
Mary, Jesus’ mother: w94 11/15 31
prejudice experienced by: w18.06 9
prejudices toward others overcome: w18.06 9-11
training by Jesus: cf 90-91, 93-94; it-2 70-71, 408; kr 183; w11 11/15 30; w05 1/1 12-13
trample serpents and scorpions: jy 170; gt chapter 72
Jesus’ promise to be with until conclusion of system (Mt 28:20): cf 97; w20.11 13-14; w15 11/15 26-27; w13 7/15 10; w09 2/15 26-27; w06 3/1 4, 7
“little ones” (Mt 18:6, 10, 14; Mr 9:42; Lu 17:2): w21.06 21
love identifies (Joh 13:35): w23.03 26-31; cf 177; cl 301; w15 11/15 23-24; w10 1/15 15-16; w09 6/1 14; w06 3/1 5; w03 2/1 13-14; w03 3/15 5-6; w99 2/15 22; rs 329
making disciples: w25.09 20-25; cf 87-91, 93-97; lmd lessons 10-12; w21.06 2-7; w21.07 2-3, 5-7; w21.08 25; w20.01 2-7; w19.07 14-19; it-1 628; mwb18.04 8; mwb18.12 8; w07 11/15 21-30; w06 2/1 22-23; w04 7/1 8-19; w03 11/15 18-23; km 10/01 8; jv 26-27; w88 11/15 15-20
a group effort: w21.10 28; w20.11 5-6; w19.07 16-17; w17.07 24; w09 1/15 10-11; w07 11/15 25; km 4/07 1; w04 7/1 16; w01 7/1 17
attitude toward: km 7/15 1; km 11/12 2; w09 1/15 8-9, 11; km 8/91 3-4; km 12/86 1, 8
Christendom’s attitude: w11 3/1 6; w04 7/1 15; g95 3/22 28
commission represented by “talents” (Mt 25:14-30): w15 3/15 20-21, 24; w90 3/15 13; ws 60, 64
commitment: lmd lesson 10
courage: lmd lesson 12
Greek term (Mt 28:19): w18.03 9
importance: w19.07 15; w19.10 11-12; w88 7/15 9-10
joy from: w19.07 15; w17.07 23-24; w09 1/15 7-11; w96 2/15 19-22
nonreligious people: w19.07 20-24
patience while: w20.09 11; w19.07 18-19
planting and watering: w21.07 3; km 8/91 3-4
simplicity: lmd lesson 11
“teaching them” (Mt 28:20): ijwfq article 47; cf 96-97; w21.07 3; w20.11 2-3, 5-6; it-2 1072-1073; w04 7/1 14-16
tolerance while: w88 11/15 12-13
video Experience the Joy of Disciple-Making—Improve Your Skills—Unleashing the Power of God’s Word: mwb21.03 13
meaning of term: w19.07 14; it-1 628-629; w12 3/1 3; w01 12/15 15-16; jv 27; w88 7/15 10
preaching God’s Word: it-2 1201-1202
trust in Jehovah required: it-2 494
wholeheartedness:
not looking ‘at things behind’ (Lu 9:61, 62): it-2 649; w12 3/15 25-26; w12 4/15 15-16