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.” And when they[a] heard this,[b] they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. And when[c] Paul laid hands[d] on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them and they began to speak[e] in tongues and to prophesy.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Acts 19:5 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“heard”) which is understood as temporal
  2. Acts 19:5 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  3. Acts 19:6 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“laid”)
  4. Acts 19:6 Some manuscripts have “placed his hands”
  5. Acts 19:6 The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to speak”)