Acts 19:2

World English Bible (2000)

He said to them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" They said to him, "No, we haven't even heard that there is a Holy Spirit."

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Referenced Verses

  • John 7:39 : 39 But he said this about the Spirit, which those believing in him were to receive. For the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus wasn't yet glorified.
  • Acts 2:17 : 17 'It will be in the last days, says God, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh. Your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions. Your old men will dream dreams.
  • Acts 2:38-39 : 38 Peter said to them, "Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all who are far off, even as many as the Lord our God will call to himself."
  • Acts 8:15-17 : 15 who, when they had come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit; 16 for as yet he had fallen on none of them. They had only been baptized in the name of Christ Jesus. 17 Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
  • Acts 10:44 : 44 While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all those who heard the word.
  • Acts 11:15-17 : 15 As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, even as on us at the beginning. 16 I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, 'John indeed baptized in water, but you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit.' 17 If then God gave to them the same gift as us, when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I, that I could withstand God?"
  • Acts 19:5 : 5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
  • Rom 1:11 : 11 For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, to the end that you may be established;
  • 1 Cor 6:19 : 19 Or don't you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own,
  • 1 Cor 12:1-9 : 1 Now concerning spiritual things, brothers, I don't want you to be ignorant. 2 You know that when you were heathen, you were led away to those mute idols, however you might be led. 3 Therefore I make known to you that no man speaking by God's Spirit says, "Jesus is accursed." No one can say, "Jesus is Lord," but by the Holy Spirit. 4 Now there are various kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit. 5 There are various kinds of service, and the same Lord. 6 There are various kinds of workings, but the same God, who works all things in all. 7 But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the profit of all. 8 For to one is given through the Spirit the word of wisdom, and to another the word of knowledge, according to the same Spirit; 9 to another faith, by the same Spirit; and to another gifts of healings, by the same Spirit; 10 and to another workings of miracles; and to another prophecy; and to another discerning of spirits; to another different kinds of languages; and to another the interpretation of languages. 11 But the one and the same Spirit works all of these, distributing to each one separately as he desires.
  • Gal 3:5 : 5 He therefore who supplies the Spirit to you, and works miracles among you, does he do it by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith?
  • 1 Sam 3:7 : 7 Now Samuel didn't yet know Yahweh, neither was the word of Yahweh yet revealed to him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Acts 19:1
    81%

    1It happened that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having passed through the upper country, came to Ephesus, and found certain disciples.

  • Acts 19:3-7
    5 verses
    80%

    3He said, "Into what then were you baptized?" They said, "Into John's baptism."

    4Paul said, "John indeed baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe in the one who would come after him, that is, in Jesus."

    5When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

    6When Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke with other languages and prophesied.

    7They were about twelve men in all.

  • Acts 8:14-19
    6 verses
    78%

    14Now when the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them,

    15who, when they had come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit;

    16for as yet he had fallen on none of them. They had only been baptized in the name of Christ Jesus.

    17Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

    18Now when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money,

    19saying, "Give me also this power, that whoever I lay my hands on may receive the Holy Spirit."

  • Acts 11:15-17
    3 verses
    76%

    15As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, even as on us at the beginning.

    16I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, 'John indeed baptized in water, but you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit.'

    17If then God gave to them the same gift as us, when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I, that I could withstand God?"

  • Acts 10:44-48
    5 verses
    76%

    44While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all those who heard the word.

    45They of the circumcision who believed were amazed, as many as came with Peter, because the gift of the Holy Spirit was also poured out on the Gentiles.

    46For they heard them speaking in other languages and magnifying God. Then Peter answered,

    47"Can any man forbid the water, that these who have received the Holy Spirit as well as we should not be baptized?"

    48He commanded them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay some days.

  • Acts 1:4-5
    2 verses
    74%

    4Being assembled together with them, he commanded them, "Don't depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which you heard from me.

    5For John indeed baptized in water, but you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days from now."

  • Acts 2:37-38
    2 verses
    73%

    37Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Brothers, what shall we do?"

    38Peter said to them, "Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

  • John 7:39
    73%

    39But he said this about the Spirit, which those believing in him were to receive. For the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus wasn't yet glorified.

  • Acts 2:4
    72%

    4They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other languages, as the Spirit gave them the ability to speak.

  • John 20:22
    72%

    22When he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit!

  • Acts 15:8
    71%

    8God, who knows the heart, testified about them, giving them the Holy Spirit, just like he did to us.

  • Acts 1:8
    70%

    8But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth."

  • Acts 2:12
    70%

    12They were all amazed, and were perplexed, saying one to another, "What does this mean?"

  • Acts 2:33
    70%

    33Being therefore exalted by the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this, which you now see and hear.

  • Gal 3:2
    70%

    2I just want to learn this from you. Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith?

  • Acts 1:2
    70%

    2until the day in which he was received up, after he had given commandment through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen.

  • Mark 1:8
    70%

    8I baptized you in water, but he will baptize you in the Holy Spirit."

  • Acts 11:1
    70%

    1Now the apostles and the brothers who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God.

  • Acts 2:2
    69%

    2Suddenly there came from the sky a sound like the rushing of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

  • 1 Thess 1:5-6
    2 verses
    69%

    5and that our Good News came to you not in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and with much assurance. You know what kind of men we showed ourselves to be among you for your sake.

    6You became imitators of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit,

  • Acts 13:52
    69%

    52The disciples were filled with joy with the Holy Spirit.

  • Acts 5:32
    68%

    32We are His witnesses of these things; and so also is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him."

  • Eph 1:13
    68%

    13in whom you also, having heard the word of the truth, the Good News of your salvation--in whom, having also believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,

  • Acts 4:7
    68%

    7When they had stood them in the middle of them, they inquired, "By what power, or in what name, have you done this?"

  • Acts 17:19
    68%

    19They took hold of him, and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, "May we know what this new teaching is, which is spoken by you?

  • Acts 9:17
    68%

    17Ananias departed, and entered into the house. Laying his hands on him, he said, "Brother Saul, the Lord, who appeared to you on the road by which you came, has sent me, that you may receive your sight, and be filled with the Holy Spirit."

  • Acts 4:13
    68%

    13Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and had perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled. They recognized that they had been with Jesus.

  • 1 Cor 3:5
    68%

    5Who then is Apollos, and who is Paul, but servants through whom you believed; and each as the Lord gave to him?

  • Acts 18:25
    67%

    25This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, although he knew only the baptism of John.

  • Acts 4:31
    67%

    31When they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were gathered together. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.

  • 1 Cor 2:12
    67%

    12But we received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is from God, that we might know the things that were freely given to us by God.

  • Acts 2:8
    67%

    8How do we hear, everyone in our own native language?