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 :''And when this had taken place, '''the rest of the people on the island who had diseases also came and were cured'''.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2016), Ac 28:9.</ref>
-==What independent observers said about William Branham==
+=What independent observers said about William Branham=
 Controversy surrounded Branham right from the start of his public ministry.  '''In 1947''', a minister in Saskatchewan, '''Rev. Alfred Pohl''', stated that many who Branham pronounced as healed later died.<ref>Carl Dyck, ''William Branham: The Man and His Message'', Saskatoon, 1984, ISBC 0-919847-00-5</ref>
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 ''Now, it's brought to pass. I hate to say this. God have mercy. Look, friends, down through the rest of the country, over in Phoenix, over in Houston, over in San Antonio, down in Arkansas, down across the country, '''thousands are being healed, coming through there,''' of all kinds of sickness and diseases. Oakland, know your day.<ref>FAITH.IS.THE.SUBSTANCE_  OAKLAND.CA  SATURDAY_  47-0412</ref>
 ''Well, I'd say '''twenty-five or thirty-five thousand people, prayed for, maybe more than that. And there's been at least ten thousand of them healed.''' Would you think of that? Such as cancers that are laying at their last moment, are well people since the last meeting. I guess, in the--in the--the provinces of Canada alone, there was at least two hundred and fifty, or maybe more than that, cases of cross-eyed people with their eyes straightened. And mutes, it's innumerable to count them, for there was multiplied scores of them that came, that were some deaf, dumb, some hard of hearing and everything that were made perfectly whole. Now, that's only done through the visitation of the Angel.
 ''...'''You're healed, sir'''. God bless you.<ref>THE.ANGEL.OF.GOD_  PHOENIX.AZ  SUNDAY_  47-1102</ref>
 '' Well, you should go home now, rejoicing, sister, ''''cause you're healed'''. God bless you.  Let's say, "Praise the Lord," everyone. That's mighty fine.<ref>EXPERIENCES_  PHOENIX.AZ  SUNDAY_  47-1207</ref>
 ''All right, '''you're healed. Your other disease cured, you're well.''' Go home and rejoice. Let's say, "Praise the Lord," everybody.
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 ''...the deaf and dumb spirit has gone from us, in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ...?... '''You're healed'''. God bless my sister...?... in Jesus Name.<ref>PRAYER.LINE_  48-0000</ref>
 ''Young lady, '''you was healed when you walked to this line.''' Friends, I want you to open your eyes. I... This is the... I--I've said it was a poorest place for faith, but I believe it's greatest this afternoon. This girl was healed before I took hold of her hand. Just... I felt something move, and the girl was healed. A strange feeling come to you, didn't it? You're healed, young lady. All right. You mark my word and see if that isn't right. Glorify the Lord.<ref>EXPERIENCES_  PHOENIX.AZ  TUESDAY_  48-0302</ref>
 ''Everybody that truly believes gets well. '''Thousands have been healed.'''
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 ''...Then you would ask me, "Does everybody get well, Brother Branham?"  '''Everybody that truly believes gets well.''' Thousands have been healed.<ref>THE.ANGEL.OF.GOD_  PHOENIX.AZ  THURSDAY_  48-0304</ref>
+''And, friends, look. It's just not Tallahassee; this has went around the world. See? Everywhere, '''literally tens of thousands and thousands and thousand times thousands of people healed''' and saved and filled with the Holy Spirit and...?... See? It's not nothing. It's been tried under every fiery trial, I believe it can be put before, and all. Here's my manager? Is that right, Brother Baxter? Through everything. And always, God is triumphed, never failed one time and can't fail 'cause it's God.<ref>ALL.THINGS.ARE.POSSIBLE.TO.THEM.THAT.BELIEVE_  TALLAHASSEE.FL  WEDNESDAY_  53-0218</ref>
-''And, friends, look. It's just not Tallahassee; this has went around the world. See? Everywhere, '''literally tens of thousands and thousands and thousand times thousands of people healed''' and saved and filled with the Holy Spirit and...?... See? It's not nothing. It's been tried under every fiery trial, I believe it can be put before, and all. Here's my manager? Is that right, Brother Baxter? Through everything. And always, God is triumphed, never failed one time and can't fail 'cause it's God.<ref>ALL.THINGS.ARE.POSSIBLE.TO.THEM.THAT.BELIEVE_  TALLAHASSEE.FL  WEDNESDAY_  53-0218</ref>
+''...'''twenty-five thousand healings, one prayer.'''<ref>THE.ANGEL.OF.THE.COVENANT_  PHOENIX.AZ  MONDAY_  54-0301</ref>
+''I seen about, oh, I guess '''thirty or forty thousand healed with one prayer.''' That's right.<ref>THE.LAMB.AND.THE.DOVE_  OAKLAND.CA  MONDAY_  57-0325</ref>
+=Conclusion=
+Was everyone healed that William Branham prayed for?  Based on the testimony of independent observers, the answer is a clear "no".
-''...'''twenty-five thousand healings, one prayer.'''<ref>THE.ANGEL.OF.THE.COVENANT_  PHOENIX.AZ  MONDAY_  54-0301</ref>
+Were as many healed as William Branham claimed?  Again, based on the testimony of independent observers, the answer is also an emphatic "no".
+William Branham made the excuse for himself for the vast majority of those who were not healed that they simply did not have faith.  And those whom he proclaimed to be healed could [[Can you lose your healing?|lose their healing]] if their faith faltered.
-''I seen about, oh, I guess '''thirty or forty thousand healed with one prayer.''' That's right.<ref>THE.LAMB.AND.THE.DOVE_  OAKLAND.CA  MONDAY_  57-0325</ref>
+It is also clear that this is not the biblical pattern.
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