Bible Students who submitted to Rutherford's leadership of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society became known as Jehovah's witnesses in 1931. The Watch Tower Society remains the religion's primary administrative body, and their beliefs and organizational structure have diverged considerably from Russell's. Their literature claims that the term Bible Students is synonymous with Jehovah's Witnesses, and that those who separated from the movement during Rutherford's presidency constituted the "evil slave" of Matthew 24:48-51. Jehovah's Witnesses report worldwide membership of approximately 7.5 million.
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Famous quotes containing the words jehovah and/or witnesses:
“Then did they to Jehovah cry
When they were in distress:
And therupon he bringeth them
Out of their anguishes.”
—Bible: Hebrew Psalm CVII (Bay Psalm Book)
“Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)