Acts 19:1-10 - Paul Finds Disciples Of John The Baptist In Ephesus

1 It was while Apollos was in Corinth that Paul, after passing through the interior, reached Ephesus. Finding some disciples there, 2 he said to them, "Did you receive the holy Spirit when you became believers?" "No," they said to him, "we never even heard that there was a holy Spirit."

3 "How then were you baptized?" he asked. "With John's baptism," they answered.

4 "John's baptism was a baptism in token of repentance," said Paul, "and he told the people to believe in him who was to follow him, that is, in Jesus."

5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus, 6 and when Paul laid his hands on them, the holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke in foreign tongues and with prophetic inspiration. 7 There were about twelve of them in all.

8 He went to the synagogue there, and for three months spoke confidently, holding discussions and trying to persuade them about the Kingdom of God. 9 But as some of them were obstinate and refused to believe, finding fault with the Way before the people, he left them, and withdrew the disciples, and held daily discussions in the lecture-room of Tyrannus. 10 This went on for two years, so that everyone who lived in Asia, Greeks as well as Jews, heard the Lord's message.