Acts 18:18-19:6

New King James Version

Paul Returns to Antioch

¹⁸ So Paul still remained ^[a]a good while. Then he took leave of the brethren and sailed for Syria, and Priscilla and Aquila were with him. ^(A)He had his hair cut off at ^(B)Cenchrea, for he had taken a vow. ¹⁹ And he came to Ephesus, and left them there; but he himself entered the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews. ²⁰ When they asked him to stay a longer time with them, he did not consent, ²¹ but took leave of them, saying, ^(C)“I^[b] must by all means keep this coming feast in Jerusalem; but I will return again to you, ^(D)God willing.” And he sailed from Ephesus.

²² And when he had landed at ^(E)Caesarea, and ^[c]gone up and greeted the church, he went down to Antioch. ²³ After he had spent some time there, he departed and went over the region of ^(F)Galatia and Phrygia ^[d]in order, ^(G)strengthening all the disciples.

Ministry of Apollos

^24 (H)Now a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man and mighty in the Scriptures, came to Ephesus. ²⁵ This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being ^(I)fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things of the Lord, ^(J)though he knew only the baptism of John. ²⁶ So he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Aquila and Priscilla heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately. ²⁷ And when he desired to cross to Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him; and when he arrived, ^(K)he greatly helped those who had believed through grace; ²⁸ for he vigorously refuted the Jews publicly, ^(L)showing from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.

Paul at Ephesus

19 And it happened, while ^(M)Apollos was at Corinth, that Paul, having passed through ^(N)the upper regions, came to Ephesus. And finding some disciples ² he said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?”

So they said to him, ^(O)“We have not so much as heard whether there is a Holy Spirit.”

³ And he said to them, “Into what then were you baptized?”

So they said, ^(P)“Into John’s baptism.”

⁴ Then Paul said, ^(Q)“John indeed baptized with a baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe on Him who would come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.”

⁵ When they heard this, they were baptized ^(R)in the name of the Lord Jesus. ⁶ And when Paul had ^(S)laid hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and ^(T)they spoke with tongues and prophesied.