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'''There is no indication that William Branham ever met a king, monarch or similar ruler.'''  He may have met a few elected officials but none of them would be considered "great".
'''We believe this to be a failed prophecy.'''


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:South Africa, based on reports in [[A Prophet Visits South Africa, by Julius Stadsklev]].  These services were held in a racetrack, as no venue was large enough in Durban to hold all of these people in a single building.  
:South Africa, based on reports in [[A Prophet Visits South Africa, by Julius Stadsklev]].  These services were held in a racetrack, as no venue was large enough in Durban to hold all of these people in a single building.  


'''Crowd of 500,000'''
'''Crowd of over 100,000'''
:India: The meetings in India all took place in a church building.  As most sports coliseums hold between 25,000 - 50,000 people at a time, it is not known how 500,0000 people fit into one church, even if it had a balcony.  William Branham said, ''And the mayor himself told me that there was five hundred thousand people in the city, had come for the healing services, for the meetings.''  (February 20, 1955, The Second Coming)  So while many people did attend those services, the logistics of the venue make it impossible for even 100,000 to have attended one service.   
:India: The meetings in India all took place in a church building.  As most sports coliseums hold between 25,000 - 50,000 people at a time, it is impassible that even 20,000 people would fit into one church, even if it had a balcony.  William Branham said, ''And the mayor himself told me that there was five hundred thousand people in the city, had come for the healing services, for the meetings.''  (February 20, 1955, The Second Coming)  So while many people did attend those services, the logistics of the venue make it impossible for even 100,000 to have attended one service.   


William Branham once said he baptized 500 people while 10,000 people watched [http://en.believethesign.com/index.php/1933_Ohio_River_Experience#Story_in_the_paper while the newspaper only reported that 14 people were converted in a tent meeting].  Based on his reputation for exaggeration, and the fact that that most of the meeting numbers were self-reported, it is very likely that less people came than were reported.  
William Branham once said he baptized 500 people while 10,000 people watched [[1933 Ohio River Experience#Concerns with the experience#What was reported in the newspapers|while the newspaper only reported that 14 people were converted in a tent meeting]].  Based on his reputation for exaggeration, and the fact that that most of the meeting numbers were self-reported, it is very likely that less people came than were reported.  




[[Image:SA1.jpg|thumb|800px|Portions of the crowds that gathered in East London, Durban City Hall, Bloemfontein, and Cape Town, South Africa.  Lots of people did came in the 1950's, but he was banned from preaching here in the 1960's despite a THUS SAITH THE LORD prophecy that 300,000 would attend a single meeting in Africa.]]
[[Image:SA1.jpg|thumb|800px|Portions of the crowds that gathered in East London, Durban City Hall, Bloemfontein, and Cape Town, South Africa.  Lots of people did came in the 1950's, but he was banned from preaching here in the 1960's despite a THUS SAITH THE LORD prophecy that 300,000 would attend a single meeting in Africa.]]
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=Great Men=
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According to William Branham, he met the following people:


'''Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India'''
'''Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India'''
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*Baron Frary Von Blomberg (New Hampshire) <ref name="Baron">Baron Von Bomberg was so impressed after seeing William Branham's ministry in Europe, that he became his manager for his trip to Germany and India.</ref>
*Baron Frary Von Blomberg (New Hampshire)  
*Mayor of Durban <ref name="Sydney">An eyewitness account of this is part of [[Sydney Jackson]]'s testimony</ref>
*Mayor of Durban
*Mayor of Bombay, Mr. D.V. Patel <ref name="500,000">''the mayor of Bombay setting on the platform when a total blind man received his sight,'' (Sermon:Then Jesus Came, Newark, NJ, December 13, 1957) Mr. Patel was a Hindu.</ref>
*Mayor of Bombay, Mr. D.V. Patel <ref name="500,000">''the mayor of Bombay setting on the platform when a total blind man received his sight,'' (Sermon:Then Jesus Came, Newark, NJ, December 13, 1957) Mr. Patel was a Hindu.</ref>
*Acharya Tulsi, Head of the Jain Terapanth<ref name="Jain">According to Mr. Rashmibhai Zaveri, his father signed the invitation for William Branham to meet the leader of the Jain Terepanth Sect, and other religious leaders on September 21, 1954. (pictured)
*Acharya Tulsi, Head of the Jain Terapanth<ref>''And I was just in Bombay, India, here not long ago, where I was entertained in the temple of the Jains, the Jain religion. And there were seventeen different religions represented in that temple that afternoon to speak to me. And every one of them was against Christianity.'' (Sermon: Sir, We would see Jesus. Port Alberni, BC, July 24, 1962.</ref>
*''And I was just in Bombay, India, here not long ago, where I was entertained in the temple of the Jains, the Jain religion. And there were seventeen different religions represented in that temple that afternoon to speak to me. And every one of them was against Christianity.'' (Sermon: Sir, We would see Jesus. Port Alberni, BC, July 24, 1962.</ref>


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