He said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?”
They said to him, “No, we haven’t even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Acts 19:2 in context
Acts 19:1–5
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While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having passed through the upper country, came to Ephesus and found certain disciples.
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He said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?”
They said to him, “No, we haven’t even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”
3
He said, “Into what then were you baptized?”
They said, “Into John’s baptism.”
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Paul said, “John indeed baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe in the one who would come after him, that is, in Christ Jesus.”
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When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
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