Acts 19:1-7

The Holy Spirit Received at Ephesus

1 While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the interior ^[a] and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples ¹

2 and asked them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you became believers?” “No,” they answered, “we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”

3 “Into what, then, were you baptized?” Paul asked. “The baptism of John,” they replied.

4 Paul explained: “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 into the name of the Lord Jesus.

6 And when Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.

7 There were about twelve men in all.

Cross References

• 1. (Acts 10:44–48)

Footnotes

• [a] Or the highland