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William Branham told a story of how he prophesied that the Ohio River would flood Jeffersonville and New Albany, Indiana, and that the water would rise 22 feet over Spring Street. [[Image:Flood-6.jpg|thumb| | William Branham told a story of how he prophesied that the Ohio River would flood Jeffersonville and New Albany, Indiana, and that the water would rise 22 feet over Spring Street. [[Image:Flood-6.jpg|thumb|250px|Jeffersonville, Indiana - Citizens Trust Co. '''Water crest at 23 feet.''']] | ||
==Problems with the prophecy== | ==Problems with the prophecy== | ||
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[[Image:Spring_Street_2.jpg|thumb| | [[Image:Spring_Street_2.jpg|thumb|250px|New Albany, Indiana - East Spring Street]] | ||
''And now, after a bit, It... When I got converted, It got more than ever. It predicted the 1937 flood, when hundreds of men stood there, and laughed, and turned their heads; and '''I predicted twenty-two feet of water over the streets'''. Why, I stood there and seen it in a vision. They said, "The boy's gone crazy." And just a few weeks after that, twenty-two feet of water went over the Spring Street in Jeffersonville, Indiana. See?<ref>THE.MANIFESTATION.OF.THE.SPIRIT_ TOLEDO.OH TUESDAY_ 51-0717</ref> | ''And now, after a bit, It... When I got converted, It got more than ever. It predicted the 1937 flood, when hundreds of men stood there, and laughed, and turned their heads; and '''I predicted twenty-two feet of water over the streets'''. Why, I stood there and seen it in a vision. They said, "The boy's gone crazy." And just a few weeks after that, twenty-two feet of water went over the Spring Street in Jeffersonville, Indiana. See?<ref>THE.MANIFESTATION.OF.THE.SPIRIT_ TOLEDO.OH TUESDAY_ 51-0717</ref> | ||
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''Predicting that flood would come, I said, "I seen them measure twenty-two feet over Spring Street down here."'' | ''Predicting that flood would come, I said, "I seen them measure twenty-two feet over Spring Street down here."'' | ||
[[Image:Spring_Street_1.jpg|thumb| | [[Image:Spring_Street_1.jpg|thumb|250px|New Albany, Indiana - West Spring Street]]''Old Brother Jim Wisehart and them laughed at me. You remember that, Brother George? He said, "Oh, Billy, in '84 it only was about six inches on Spring Street."'' | ||
''I said, "I seen a man come down from the skies, and take a measure stick, and stick it there on Spring Street, said twenty-two feet."'' | ''I said, "I seen a man come down from the skies, and take a measure stick, and stick it there on Spring Street, said twenty-two feet."'' | ||