Paul in Ephesus
1 And it happened that while
1Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed
2through the inland country and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples.
2
And he said to them,
3“Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed? ” And they said, “No,
4we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit. ”
3
And he said,
5“Into what then were you baptized? ” They said, “Into
6John’s baptism. ”
4
And Paul said,
7“John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people
8to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, Jesus. ”
5
On hearing this,
9they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
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And
10when Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and
11they began speaking in tongues and
12prophesying.
7
There were about twelve men in all.
8
And
13he entered the synagogue and for three months spoke boldly, reasoning and persuading them
14about the kingdom of God.
9
15But when some became stubborn and
16continued in unbelief, speaking evil of
17the Way before the congregation, he withdrew from them and took the disciples with him, reasoning daily in the hall of Tyrannus.
10
This continued for
18two years, so that
19all the residents of Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.