Acts 19:2
Good News Translation
and asked them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you became believers?" "We have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit," they answered.

New Revised Standard Version
He said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you became believers?” They replied, “No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”

Contemporary English Version
He asked them, "When you put your faith in Jesus, were you given the Holy Spirit?" "No!" they answered. "We have never even heard of the Holy Spirit."

New American Bible
He said to them, “Did you receive the holy Spirit when you became believers?” They answered him, “We have never even heard that there is a holy Spirit.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said to them: Have you received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? But they said to him: We have not so much as heard whether there be a Holy Ghost.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And he said to them: Have you received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? But they said to him: We have not so much as heard whether there be a Holy Ghost.

Have ye.

Acts 19:5 Having heard these things, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

Acts 2:17,38,39 And it shall come to pass, in the last days, (saith the Lord), I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy: and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams. . . .

Acts 8:15-17 Who, when they were come, prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Ghost. . . .

Acts 10:44 While Peter was yet speaking these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them that heard the word.

Acts 11:15-17 And when I had begun to speak, the Holy Ghost fell upon them, as upon us also in the beginning. . . .

Romans 1:11 For I long to see you that I may impart unto you some spiritual grace, to strengthen you:

We have.

1 Samuel 3:7 Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, neither had the word of the Lord been revealed to him.

John 7:39 Now this he said of the Spirit which they should receive who believed in him: for as yet the Spirit was not given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.

1 Corinthians 6:19 Or know you not that your members are the temple of the Holy Ghost, who is in you, whom you have from God: and you are not your own?

1 Corinthians 12:1 Now concerning spiritual things, my brethren, I would not have you ignorant.

*etc:

Galatians 3:5 He therefore who giveth to you the Spirit and worketh miracles among you: doth he do it by the works of the law or by the hearing of the faith?

Context
The Holy Spirit Received at Ephesus
1And it came to pass, while Apollo was at Corinth, that Paul, having passed through the upper coasts, came to Ephesus and found certain disciples. 2And he said to them: Have you received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? But they said to him: We have not so much as heard whether there be a Holy Ghost. 3And he said: In what then were you baptized? Who said: In John's baptism.…
Cross References
1 Samuel 3:7
Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, neither had the word of the Lord been revealed to him.

John 7:39
Now this he said of the Spirit which they should receive who believed in him: for as yet the Spirit was not given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.

Acts 8:15
Who, when they were come, prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Ghost.

Acts 8:16
For he was not as yet come upon any of them: but they were only baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

Acts 11:16
And I remembered the word of the Lord, how that he said: John indeed baptized with water but you shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost.

Acts 19:1
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