...gifts of the Spirit after belief. Paul went to Ephesus, and found there twelve of John's disciples, and "said unto them, have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, \ve have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost. And he said unto them, unto what then...

...the Jews very forcibly in public, shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was the Messiah. CHAP. XIX. 1 AND it came to pass, that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper countries, came to Ephesus : and * Provinees in Asia Minor. I How constant and persevering was this...

...original, but they all explain it by the gift of the Spirit, in their translation. And so iu Acts xix. 2. " We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost:" Which most expositors interpret merely concerning the plentiful effusion of the Spirit at Pentecost....

...metonymy, called the Spirit, as in Acts xix. 2. when it is said, Have ye recewed the Holy Ghost ? They Kind unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost. We are not to understand it as though they had not heard whether there were such a Person as the Holy...

...laying on of Paul's hands. 19 Magieal books are burnt. 29 Demetrins raiseth an uproar. AND it eame to pass, that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper eoasts, eame to Ephesus ; and finding eertain diseiples, ij I, The luay of tbe Lard, the thengs efthe...

...the Deity, as from its Source, and modified according to His divine Will. t, Have ye, says St. Paul, received the Holy Ghost since ye believed ? and they...not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost : ie given. And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the holy Ghost came on them ; and they spake...

...bestowed upon those, who professed faith in Jesus Christ, St. Paul meeting with these men at Ephesus, asks them : " Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye...they said unto him : We have not so much as heard, that there is any Holy Ghost. And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came upon...

...religion, beyond what he knew before, and then went away to Corinth, ver. 24 — 28. Ch. xix. 1. " And it came to pass, that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts," meaning the country of Galatia and Phrygia, before-mentioned^ " came "to Ephesus:" that is, as I apprehend,...

...from the sacred text, we shall exhibit the context of Acts xi*. 5; as deciding the controversy. — " And finding certain disciples, he said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghust since ye believed ? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any...

...Spirit, who is celebrated in so many testimonies of Scripture. The answer, therefore, which they gave, " We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost," is to be understood as equivalent to a declaration that they had never heard whether the graces of...