The Watchtower, “Saved From a 'Wicked Generation' / A Time to Keep Awake”
“Jehovah's people have at times speculated about the time when the 'great tribulation' would break out, even tying this to calculations of what is the lifetime of a generation since 1914. ... Rather than provide a rule for measuring time, the term 'generation' as used by Jesus refers principally to contemporary people of a certain historical period, with their identifying characteristics.”
Redefines 'this generation' as the wicked contemporaries of the last days; first article (doc 1995804) sets out the lexical argument.
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Provenance and verification note for The Watchtower, Saved From a 'Wicked Generation' / A Time to Keep Awake
Confidence note. Opened on wol; page marker 17 for the quoted paragraph.
Corroborated by. src-w-2008-0215-p23-24-generation
Notes. Note the framing 'Jehovah's people have at times speculated' where the calculations were published by the organisation itself (w84 5/15; rs p.97).
Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-w-1995-1101-p10-21-generation