Acts 19:2
He said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” They said to him, “No, we haven’t even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”
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In Context
3He said, “Into what then were you immersed?” They said, “Into Yochanan’s immersion.”
Cross References
1 Samuel 3:7Now Samuel didn’t yet know the LORD, neither was the LORD’s word yet revealed to him.
Acts 2:17‘It will be in the last days, says God, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh. Your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions. Your old men will dream dreams.
Acts 8:15who, when they had come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit;
Acts 11:15As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, even as on us at the beginning.
Romans 1:11For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, to the end that you may be established;
1 Corinthians 12:1Now concerning spiritual things, brothers, I don’t want you to be ignorant.
Matthew Henry on Acts 19:2-8
Paul at Ephesus. 1 And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples, 2 He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost. 3 And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John's baptism. 4 Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that… Read the whole commentary →