New American Standard Bible 2020
Acts 19:2
2He said to them, “1Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” And they said to him, “On the contrary, 2we have not even heard if there is a Holy Spirit.”
Acts 19:2 in other versions
- King James Version (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.
- New International Version (NIV)and asked them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” They answered, “No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)And he said to them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" And they said, "No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit."
- New King James Version (NKJV)he said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” So they said to him, “We have not so much as heard whether there is a Holy Spirit.”
Context of Acts 19:2
1Now it happened that while Apollos was in Corinth, Paul passed through the upper country and came to Ephesus, and found some disciples. He said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” And they said to him, “On the contrary, we have not even heard if there is a Holy Spirit.” 3And he said, “Into what then were you baptized?” And they said, “Into John’s baptism.” 4Paul said, “John baptized with a baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in Him who was coming after him, that is, in Jesus.”
Read all of Acts 19Acts 19:2 word by word
εἶπέν τε πρὸς αὐτούς· εἰ πνεῦμα ἅγιον ἐλάβετε πιστεύσαντες; οἱ δὲ πρὸς αὐτόν· ἀλλ᾽ οὐδ᾽ εἰ πνεῦμα ἅγιον ἔστιν ἠκούσαμεν.Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Acts 19:2
- Acts 19:5When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
- Acts 2:17‘And it shall be in the last days,’ God says, ‘That I will pour out My Spirit on all mankind; And your sons and your daughters will prophesy, And your young men will see visions, And your old men will have dreams;
- Acts 8:15who came down and prayed for them that they would receive the Holy Spirit.
- Acts 10:44While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all those who were listening to the message.
- Acts 11:15And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them just as He did upon us at the beginning.
- Romans 1:11For I long to see you so that I may impart some spiritual gift to you, that you may be established;
- 1 Samuel 3:7Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, nor had the word of the Lord yet been revealed to him.
- John 7:39But this He said in reference to the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive; for the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
- 1 Corinthians 6:19Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own?
- 1 Corinthians 12:1Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be unaware.
- Galatians 3:5So then, does He who provides you with the Spirit and works miracles among you, do it by works of the Law, or by hearing with faith?
Commentaries on Acts 19:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Have ye received the Holy Ghost - It is likely that these were Asiatic Jews, who, having been at Jerusalem about twenty-six years before this, had heard the preaching of John, and received his baptism, believing in the coming Christ, whom John had proclaimed; but it appears that till this time they had got no farther instruction in the Christian religion. Paul, perceiving this, asked them if they had received the Holy Ghost since they believed? For it was…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Have ye received the Holy Spirit? - Have ye received the extraordinary effusions and miraculous influences of the Holy Spirit? Paul would not doubt that, if they had “believed,” they had received the ordinary converting influences of the Holy Spirit - for it was one of his favorite doctrines that the Holy Spirit renews the heart. But, besides this, the miraculous influences of the Spirit were conferred on many societies of believers. The power of speaking…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-7Paul traveled to Ephesus after Apollos had left. Later, Apollos returned to Ephesus while Paul was still there (1 Corinthians 16:12). The two men had different personalities, gifts, and roles, but God worked through both of them. Some Christians in Ephesus did not fully understand the Christian faith (Acts 18:26). They did not receive the Holy Spirit when they believed the good news about Jesus. They had accepted John's baptism, which called for…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-411-3. while Apollos was at Corinth--where his ministry was so powerful that a formidable party in the Church of that city gloried in his type of preaching in preference to Paul's (1Co 1:12; 3:4), no doubt from the marked infusion of Greek philosophic culture which distinguished it, and which the apostle studiously avoided (1Co 2:1-5). Paul having passed through the upper coasts--"parts," the interior of Asia Minor, which, with reference to the seacoast…Read the comment
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Notes
- 1. Acts 19:2 Acts 8:15f; 11:16f ↩
- 2. Acts 19:2 John 7:39 ↩
Commentaries on Acts 19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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