2013 Revised NWT
The Revised New World Translation was released on this date
What is October 5, 2013?
AKA: The "Alpha & the Omega"
Who is Jehovah?
This group tricked Joshua into making a covenant with them by pretending to be from a distant land.
Who are the Gibeonites? [Jos. 9:1-15]
The Mosaic Law prohibited working on this day
What is the Sabbath? [Ex. 20:8-11]
Leaved branches from this tree were used as a symbol of praise and submission when welcoming Jesus to Jerusalem
What is a palm tree? [John 12:12, 13]
The number of questions covered in "An Introduction to God's Word"
What is 20?
AKA: The "Word"
Who is Jesus?
Jehovah used Hushai to frustrate the counsel of Ahithopel in order to bring this traitor to ruin.
Who is Absalom? [2 Sa. 17:14]
Paul counseled the Thessalonians that "if one does not want to work" he shouldn't do this
What is eat? [2 Thess 3:10]
Jehovah miraculously used the Lagenaria Siceraria, more commonly known as this, to shield Jonah from the scorching heat.
What is the Bottle Gourd Plant? [Jon 4:6; Insight Book, p 358]
Appendix A4 and A5 cover this important topic
What is use of the Divine Name?
AKA: Saul of Tarsis, a persecutor of Christians
Who is Paul?
Tobiah and Sanballat tried to trick this prophet into wrongfully hiding in the temple
Who is Nehemiah? [Neh. 6:10-13]
To illustrate that Jehovah would provide the necessities for those who work hard spiritually, Jesus said "the worker" was worthy of this.
What is "his wages"? [Lu 10:7]
In his illustration of the wheat and the weeds, Jesus likely had in mind the Lolium temulentum, commonly known as this weed.
What is the Bearded Darnel? [Insight Vol 2 p. 1175-1176]
The Hebrew word yadh is translated 40 different ways in the English NWT, but most commonly as this.
What is the word, "hand"?
[Ref. Insight Vol 1 p. 1028-1030]
AKA: Jacob
Who is Israel?
Jehovah allowed his angel to 'become a deceptive spirit' in the mouth of this wicked king's prophets
Who is Ahab? [1 Ki 22:20-23]
Compensation received by agricultural workers in Jesus time for a 12 hour work day (approximately $0.74).
What is a denarius? [Mt. 20:2]
Mary poured perfumed oil from the Nardostachys jatamansi, more commonly known as this plant, on Jesus head.
What is Spikenard? [Mr. 14:3]
Though it feels like soft leather, the cover is actually made of this material
What is polyurethane? [Ref the video "Building a New Bible"]
AKA: Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego
Who are Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah? (respectively)
This king disguised himself and tricked a spirit medium to consult "Samuel"
Who is Saul? [1 Sa 28:8-14]
The time the final workers went out in Jesus illustration of the workers and the vineyard
What is the 11th hour (or approximately 5:00pm)? [Mt. 20:3, study note]
Noah likely used this resinous tree, literally translated "Gopher Tree", known for its resistance to water and decay, to construct the Ark
What is cypress? [Ref Insight Book, p 782]