Acts 19:2

"While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having passed through the upper country, came to Ephesus and found certain disciples."

Key Reflection

In Acts 19:2, we see a narrative of apostolic journeys and the establishment of Christian communities. While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul traveled through the upper regions of Asia Minor, which included provinces like Phrygia and Galatia, before arriving at Ephesus. There, he discovered that some disciples there had only been baptized under John's baptism, indicating a gap in their understanding of the full Christian message that Paul sought to address upon his arrival.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 2. Have ye received the Holy Ghost? Have ye received the extraordinary effusions and miraculous influences of the Holy Ghost Paul would not doubt that, if they had "believed," they had received the ordinary converting influences of the Holy Spirit--for it was one of his favourite doctrines, that the Holy Spirit renews the heart. But, besides this, the miraculous influences of the Spirit were conferred on most societies of believers. The power of speaking with tongues, or of working miracles, was imparted as an evidence of the presence of God, and of their acceptance with him, Ac 10:45,46; 1 Co 15.

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