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 William Branham invited people to prove him wrong when he stated in 1957:
-:''Nowhere was we ever commanded to baptize, "In the name of the Father, and in the name of the Son, and name of the Holy Ghost," not nowhere in the Scriptures. It's a Catholic creed, and it's not for the Protestant church. '''I'll ask anybody to show me one Scripture where any person was ever baptized any other way than in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Come, show it to me, and I'll put a sign on my back, "A hypocrite, and a false prophet, a false teacher," and go through the streets.''' There's no such a thing. Never was anybody baptized that way. It's a Catholic creed, and not a Protestant doctrine.<ref>William Branham, Hebrews Chapter Two, Jeffersonville, Indiana, August 25, 1957</ref>
+:''Nowhere was we ever commanded to baptize, "In the name of the Father, and in the name of the Son, and name of the Holy Ghost," not nowhere in the Scriptures. It's a Catholic creed, and it's not for the Protestant church. '''I'll ask anybody to show me one Scripture where any person was ever baptized any other way than in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Come, show it to me, and I'll put a sign on my back, "A hypocrite, and a false prophet, a false teacher," and go through the streets.''' There's no such a thing. Never was anybody baptized that way. It's a Catholic creed, and not a Protestant doctrine.<ref>57-0825E, Hebrews, Chapter Two #2, para. 43</ref>
 So there is the challenge laid down by William Branham - Find one scripture where any person was ever baptized any other way than in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
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 Here are the relevant passages:
-:''Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit...<ref>The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Mt 28:19.</ref>
+:''Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, '''baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit'''...<ref>The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Mt 28:19.</ref>''
-:''Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.<ref>The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Ac 2:38.</ref>
+:''Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, '''in the name of Jesus Christ''' for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.<ref>The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Ac 2:38.</ref>''
-:''...they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.<ref>The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Ac 8:16.</ref>
+:''...they had simply been baptized '''in the name of the Lord Jesus'''.<ref>The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Ac 8:16.</ref>''
-:''So he ordered that they be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ.<ref>The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Ac 10:48.</ref>
+:''So he ordered that they be baptized '''in the name of Jesus Christ'''.<ref>The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Ac 10:48.</ref>''
-:''On hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.<ref>The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Ac 19:5.</ref>
+:''On hearing this, they were baptized '''in the name of the Lord Jesus'''.<ref>The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Ac 19:5.</ref>''
-:''Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?<ref>The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Ro 6:3–4.</ref>
+:''Or don’t you know that all of us who were '''baptized into Christ Jesus''' were baptized into his death?<ref>The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Ro 6:3–4.</ref>''
-:''for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.<ref>The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Ga 3:27.</ref>
+:''for all of you who were '''baptized into Christ''' have clothed yourselves with Christ.<ref>The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Ga 3:27.</ref>''
 The Bible should be simply understood and therefore it seems quite obvious that William Branham has interpreted the scripture to say something that it clearly doesn't.  The phrase "Lord Jesus Christ" appears 6 times in the book of Acts so it would have been very easy for Luke to have stated clearly that people were to be baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.  But since he didn't, it is not possible to make that claim.
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 What is clear is that, from the Biblical record, there was no emphasis on the exact words said during baptism… which disproves William Branham's claim.
 If I just say what the tapes say… which is what message ministers would love me to do… then by his own admission, William Branham was a false prophet.