kjv@Acts:19:1@ And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples,
kjv@Acts:19:2@ 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.
kjv@Acts:19:3@ And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John's baptism.
kjv@Acts:19:4@ Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.
kjv@Acts:19:5@ When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
kjv@Acts:19:6@ And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.
Belief in Jesus always comes and is confessed before any baptism. Many scholars feel that the Spirit comes to all believers upon belief and that this hands on account of transference refers to the particular spiritual gifting of tongues and prophecy specific to these twelve Ephesians. Others are convinced that this can be understood as first a general receiving of the Holy Spirit we've all received upon belief and then an addition baptism of the Holy Spirit that is received by the laying on of hands. The question then becomes what would happen to a secluded community of new believers that have not oppurtunity to receive hands from one that has.
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