1. And it came to pass, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having passed through the upper districts, came to Ephesus, and finding certain disciples,
2. 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.
3. And he said, To what then were ye baptised? And they said, To the baptism of John.
4. And Paul said, John indeed baptised with the baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe on him that was coming after him, that is, on Jesus.
5. And when they heard that, they were baptised to the name of the Lord Jesus.
6. And Paul having laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke with tongues and prophesied.
7. And all the men were about twelve.
8. And entering into the synagogue, he spoke boldly during three months, reasoning and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God.
9. But when some were hardened and disbelieved, speaking evil of the way before the multitude, he left them and separated the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus.
10. And this took place for two years, so that all that inhabited Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.
11. And God wrought no ordinary miracles by the hands of Paul,