Questions for article:
"The
Door-To-Door Work – Is it Scripturally Based?"
1.
How do Jehovah’s Witnesses view their door-to-door ministry?
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2. What
scripture do they use to backup their
claims?
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3. What Greek
expression has been translated "house to house" in the New World
Translation? ANSWER
4. What is the
correct rendering of this expression "Kat oikias" according to the
WTS’ Kingdom Interlinear? ANSWER
5. What
Greek expression can be literally translated as "house to house" as
found in Luke 10:7? ANSWER
6. How
do many modern translators render "Kat oikias" in Acts 5:42
indicating this to be what type of ministry? ANSWER
7. Why
was the private home very important to the disciples of Jesus?
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8. How
does Kittles Theological Dictionary of the New Testament uphold this
view of how the Christians used private homes?
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9. What
conclusions can we now reach as to what the Greek expression, "Kat
oikias," as used in Acts 20:20 really mean?
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10. The
Greek expression "Kat oikias" is also found in Acts 2:46. How
is this expression translated in the New World Translation?
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11.
What conclusion can we reach as to why the WTS translated "Kat
oikous" in Acts 5:42 and 20:20 as ‘house to house’ when
they did not do so in Acts 2:46? ANSWER
12.
In Luke 10:5-7 and Matthew 10:12-14, as we have discussed
earlier, the Greek expression, "oikias eis oikiav" can be translated
as ‘house to house.’ But was Jesus, in these verses, giving his disciples
the procedure for carrying out their ministry?
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13.
What conclusion can you
now reach as to the reason why the WTS puts so much emphasis on the
‘door-to-door’ type of ministry even though they know that there is no
scriptural basis for it?
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