The Watchtower, “‘Behold! The Great Crowd!’”
“The Bible Students regarded the great crowd as a secondary heavenly class, a group that had knowledge of Bible truth but did little about spreading it.”
A later account of the pre-1935 understanding, in the organisation's own words.
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Provenance and verification note for The Watchtower, ‘Behold! The Great Crowd!’
Confidence note. Document opened on wol.jw.org on 19 September 2026; the wording was read in full and the page number taken from the library's own page markers.
Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-chg-d-w-2001-0515-great-crowd