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While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul passed through the interior regions and came to Ephesus, where he found some disciples.
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He said to them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you became believers?" They replied, "No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit."
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Then he said, "Into what then were you baptized?" They answered, "Into John's baptism."
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Paul said, "John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, in Jesus."
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On hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
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When Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied—
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altogether there were about twelve of them.