Acts 19:1-9 ▼

1 While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul traveled through the interior provinces to get to the city of Ephesus. He met some disciples in Ephesus

2 and asked them, |Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you became believers?| They answered him, |No, we've never even heard of the Holy Spirit.|

3 Paul asked them, |What kind of baptism did you have?| They answered, |John's baptism.|

4 Paul said, |John's baptism was a baptism of repentance. John told people to believe in Jesus, who was coming later.|

5 After they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

6 When Paul placed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came to them, and they began to talk in other languages and to speak what God had revealed.

7 About twelve men were in the group.

8 For three months Paul would go into the synagogue and speak boldly. He had discussions with people to convince them about the kingdom of God.

9 But when some people became stubborn, refused to believe, and had nothing good to say in front of the crowd about the way [of Christ], he left them. He took his disciples and held daily discussions in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.