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Acts 19:1-7

Paul in Ephesus

1 While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul took the road through the interior and arrived at Ephesus. There he found some disciples

2 and asked them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when^[a] you believed?” They answered, “No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”

3 So Paul asked, “Then what baptism did you receive?” “John’s baptism,” they replied.

4 Paul said, “John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the one coming after him, that is, in Jesus.”

5 On hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

6 When Paul placed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke in tongues^[b] and prophesied.

7 There were about twelve men in all.

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Cross References 10

1. S Acts 18:24
2. S Acts 18:1
3. S Acts 18:19
4. S John 20:22
5. S Mark 1:4
6. John 1:7; Acts 13:24,25
7. S Acts 2:38
8. S Acts 6:6; Acts 8:17
9. S Acts 10:44; Acts 2:4
10. S Mark 16:17; Acts 10:46

Footnotes 2

[a]. Or "after"
[b]. Or "other languages"

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