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During the stay of Apollos in Corinth, Paul, after passing through the inland districts, came to Ephesus, where he found a few disciples.
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"Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you first believed?" he asked them. "No," they replied, "we did not even hear that there is a Holy Spirit."
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"Into what then were you baptized?" he asked. "Into John's baptism," they replied.
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"John," he said, "administered a baptism of repentance, bidding the people believe on One who was to come after him; namely, on Jesus."
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On hearing this, they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus;
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and when Paul laid his hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they began to speak in tongues and to prophesy.
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They numbered in all about twelve men.