Acts 19:1-10

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Paul in Ephesus

19 Now it happened that while ^(A)Apollos was in ^(B)Corinth, Paul passed through the ^(C)upper country and came to ^(D)Ephesus, and found some disciples. ²He said to them, “^(E)Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” And they said to him, “On the contrary, ^(F)we have not even heard if there is a Holy Spirit.” ³And he said, “Into what then were you baptized?” And they said, “^(G)Into John’s baptism.” ⁴Paul said, “^(H)John baptized with a baptism of repentance, telling the people ^(I)to believe in Him who was coming after him, that is, in Jesus.” ⁵When they heard this, they were ^(J)baptized ^[a]in the name of the Lord Jesus. ⁶And when Paul had ^(K)laid hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came on them and they began ^(L)speaking with tongues and ^(M)prophesying. ⁷There were about twelve men in all.

⁸And he entered ^(N)the synagogue and continued speaking out boldly for three months, having discussions and persuading them ^(O)about the kingdom of God. ⁹But when ^(P)some were becoming hardened and disobedient, speaking evil of ^[b]^(Q)the Way before the ^[c]people, he withdrew from them and took ^(R)the disciples away with him, and had discussions daily in the school of Tyrannus. ¹⁰This took place for ^(S)two years, so that all who lived in ^[d]^(T)Asia heard ^(U)the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.

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Footnotes

Acts 19:5 Lit into
Acts 19:9 See John 14:6
Acts 19:9 Lit multitude
Acts 19:10 I.e., west coast province of Asia Minor

Isaiah 44:1-8

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The Blessings of Israel

44 “But now listen, Jacob, My ^(A)servant,
And Israel, whom I have chosen:
²This is what the Lord says, He who made you
And ^(B)formed you from the womb, who ^(C)will help you:
‘^(D)Do not fear, Jacob My servant,
And ^[a]^(E)Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
³For ^(F)I will pour water on ^[b]the thirsty land
And streams on the dry ground;
I will ^(G)pour out My Spirit on your ^(H)offspring,
And My blessing on your descendants;
⁴And they will spring up ^[c]among the grass
Like ^(I)poplars by streams of water.’
⁵This one will say, ‘I am the Lord’s’;
And that one ^[d]will call on the name of Jacob;
And another will ^(J)write ^[e]on his hand, ‘Belonging to the Lord,’
And will give himself Israel’s name with honor.

⁶“This is what the Lord says, He who is the ^(K)King of Israel and his ^(L)Redeemer, the Lord of armies:

‘I am the ^(M)first and I am the last,
And there is no God ^(N)besides Me.
⁷Who is like Me? ^(O)Let him proclaim and declare it;
And, let him confront Me
^[f]Beginning with My establishing of the ancient ^[g]nation.
Then let them declare to them the things that are coming
And the events that are going to take place.
⁸Do not tremble and do not be afraid;
^(P)Have I not long since announced it to you and declared it?
And ^(Q)you are My witnesses.
Is there any God ^(R)besides Me,
Or is there any other ^(S)Rock?
I know of none.’”