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Acts 19:4-6
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Acts 19:4-6
New English Translation
4 Paul said, “John baptized with a baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him,[a] that is, in Jesus.” 5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus, 6 and when Paul placed[b] his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came[c] upon them, and they began to speak[d] in tongues and to prophesy.[e]
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- Acts 19:4 sn These disciples may have had their contact with John early on in the Baptist’s ministry before Jesus had emerged. This is the fifth time Luke links John the Baptist and Jesus (Acts 1:5; 11:16; 13:25; 18:25).
- Acts 19:6 tn Or “laid.”
- Acts 19:6 sn The coming of the Holy Spirit here is another case where the Spirit comes and prophecy results in Acts (see Acts 2). Paul’s action parallels that of Peter (Acts 8) and not just with Gentiles.
- Acts 19:6 tn The imperfect verb ἐλάλουν (elaloun) has been translated as an ingressive imperfect.
- Acts 19:6 tn The imperfect verb ἐπροφήτευον (eprophēteuon) has been translated as an ingressive imperfect.
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