Paul Finds Disciples of John the Baptist in Ephesus

19 And it happened that while Apollos was in Corinth, Paul traveled through the inland regions and[a] came[b] to Ephesus and found some disciples. And he said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you[c] believed?” And they said to him, “But we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit!”

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 19:1 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“traveled through”) has been translated as a finite verb
  2. Acts 19:1 Some manuscripts have “and came down”
  3. Acts 19:2 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“believed”) which is understood as temporal

Paul in Ephesus

19 While Apollos(A) was at Corinth,(B) Paul took the road through the interior and arrived at Ephesus.(C) There he found some disciples and asked them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit(D) when[a] you believed?”

They answered, “No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 19:2 Or after