Acts 19:2
1 While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the interior and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples
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.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- 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.”
- KJV
- He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.
- WEB
- 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.”
- ASV
- and he said unto them, Did ye receive the Holy Spirit when ye believed? And they [said] unto him, Nay, we did not so much as hear whether the Holy Spirit was [given].
- DARBY
- he said to them, Did ye receive [the] Holy Spirit when ye had believed? And they [said] to him, We did not even hear if [the] Holy Spirit was [come].
- BLB
- also said to them, “Did you⁺ receive the Holy Spirit, having believed?” And [they said] to him, “But we did not even hear that there is a Holy Spirit.”
- ÅB
- Der fant han noen disipler og sa til dem: Fikk dere den Hellige Ånd da dere kom til troen? De svarte ham: Vi har ikke engang hørt om den Hellige Ånd er kommet.
- OTB
- Han spurte dem: «Fikk dere Den Hellige Ånd da dere kom til troen?» De svarte: «Vi har ikke engang hørt at det er noen Hellig Ånd.»
- B1930
- Der fant han nogen disipler og sa til dem: Fikk I den Hellige Ånd da I kom til troen? De svarte ham: Vi har ikke engang hørt om den Hellige Ånd er kommet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Corinthians 6:19
Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;
Read in contextGalatians 3:5
Does God lavish His Spirit on you and work miracles among you because you practice the law, or because you hear and believe?
Read in contextActs 11:15–17
As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, just as He had fallen upon us at the beginning.
Read in contextJohn 7:39
He was speaking about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.
Read in context1 Samuel 3:7
Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, because the word of the LORD had not yet been revealed to him.
Read in contextActs 19:5
On hearing this, they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.
Read in contextActs 2:38–39
Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Read in contextRomans 1:11
For I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you,
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