Paul Finds Disciples of John the Baptist in Ephesus
1 And it happened that [while] Apollos was in Corinth, Paul traveled through the inland regions [and] came to Ephesus and found some disciples.
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And he said to them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit [when you] believed?" And they [said] to him, "But we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit!"
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And he said, "Into what then were you baptized?" And they said, "Into the baptism of John."
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And Paul said, "John baptized [with] a baptism of repentance, telling the people that they should believe in the one who was to come after him--that is, in Jesus."
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And [when they] heard [this], they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
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And [when] Paul laid hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them and they began to speak in tongues and to prophesy.
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(Now the total [number] [of] men was about twelve.)
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So he entered into the synagogue [and] was speaking boldly for three months, discussing and attempting to convince [them] concerning the kingdom of God.
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But when some became hardened and were disobedient, reviling the Way before the congregation, he departed from them [and] took away the disciples, leading discussions every day in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.
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And this took place for two years, so that all who lived in Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.