Acts 19:2

Have ye received the Holy Spirit, since ye believed? They answered and said to him: If there be a Holy Spirit, it hath not come to our hearing.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

1And while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul travelled over the upper countries to Ephesus. And he inquired of the disciples whom he found there,

3He said to them: Into what then were ye baptized? They say: Into the baptism of John.

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Cross References

Acts 2:17It shall be in the last days, saith God, that I will pour my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons shall prophesy, and your daughters and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.

Acts 8:15And they went down, and prayed over them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit.

Acts 11:15And when I there commenced speaking, the Holy Spirit overshadowed them, as it did us from the beginning.

Romans 1:11For I long much to see you; and to impart to you the gift of the Spirit, whereby ye may be established;

1 Corinthians 12:1And concerning spirituals, my brethren, I would have you know,

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 →

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