Paul in Ephesus
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And it happened, while a Apollos was at Corinth, that Paul, having passed through b the upper regions, came to Ephesus. And finding some disciples
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he said to them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" So they said to him, c "We have not so much as heard whether there is a Holy Spirit."
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And he said to them, "Into what then were you baptized?" So they said, d "Into John's baptism."
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Then Paul said, e "John indeed baptized with a baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe on Him who would come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus."
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When they heard this, they were baptized f in the name of the Lord Jesus.
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And when Paul had g laid hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and h they spoke with tongues and prophesied.
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Now the men were about twelve in all.
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i And he went into the synagogue and spoke boldly for three months, reasoning and persuading j concerning the things of the kingdom of God.
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But k when some were hardened and did not believe, but spoke evil l of the Way before the multitude, he departed from them and withdrew the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus.
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And m this continued for two years, so that all who dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.
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Cross References
1 Corinthians 1:12
Now I say this, that each of you says, "I am of Paul," or "I am of Apollos," or "I am of Cephas," or "I am of Christ.
1 Corinthians 3:5
Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers through whom you believed, as the Lord gave to each one?
1 Corinthians 3:6
I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase.
Titus 3:13
Send Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey with haste, that they may lack nothing.
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Cross References
Acts 18:23
After he had spent some time there, he departed and went over the region of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening all the disciples.
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Cross References
1 Samuel 3:7
(Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, nor was the word of the LORD yet revealed to him.)
Acts 8:16
For as yet He had fallen upon none of them. They had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
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Cross References
Luke 7:29
And when all the people heard Him, even the tax collectors justified God, having been baptized with the baptism of John.
Acts 18:25
This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things of the Lord, though he knew only the baptism of John.
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Cross References
Matthew 3:11
I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance...
Mark 1:4
John came baptizing in the wilderness and preac...
Mark 1:7
And he preached, saying, "There comes One after...
Mark 1:8
"I indeed baptized you with water, but He will ...
Luke 3:16
John answered, saying to all, "I indeed baptize...
John 1:15
John bore witness of Him and cried out, saying,...
John 1:26
John answered them, saying, "I baptize with wat...
John 1:27
"It is He who, coming after me, is preferred be...
Acts 13:24
After John had first preached, before His comin...
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Cross References
Matthew 28:19
Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
Acts 8:12
But when they believed Philip as he preached the things concerning the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, both men and women were baptized.
Acts 8:16
For as yet He had fallen upon none of them. They had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
Acts 10:48
And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then they asked him to stay a few days.
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Acts 6:6
Whom they set before the apostles; and when they had prayed, they laid hands on them.
Acts 8:17
Then they laid hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
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Mark 16:17
And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues.
Acts 2:4
And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Acts 10:46
For they heard them speak with tongues and magnify God. Then Peter answered.
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Cross References
Acts 17:2
Then Paul, as his custom was, went in to them, and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures.
Acts 18:4
And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded both Jews and Greeks.
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Cross References
Acts 1:3
To whom He also presented Himself alive after His suffering by many infallible proofs, being seen by them during forty days and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God.
Acts 28:23
So when they had appointed him a day, many came to him at his lodging, to whom he explained and solemnly testified of the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus from both the Law of Moses and the Prophets, from morning till evening.
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Cross References
2 Timothy 1:15
This you know, that all those in Asia have turned away from me, among whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.
2 Peter 2:2
And many will follow their destructive ways, because of whom the way of truth will be blasphemed.
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Cross References
Acts 9:2
And asked letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, so that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
Acts 19:23
And about that time there arose a great commotion about the Way.
Acts 22:4
I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.
Acts 24:14
But this I confess to you, that according to the Way which they call a sect, so I worship the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the Law and in the Prophets.
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Cross References
Acts 19:8
And he went into the synagogue and spoke boldly for three months, reasoning and persuading concerning the things of the kingdom of God.
Acts 20:31
Therefore watch, and remember that for three years I did not cease to warn everyone night and day with tears.
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