Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

Paul Arrives In Ephesus. He Baptizes Some Disciples of Apollos

19 And it came about during Apollos’s being in Corinth that Paul, having gone through the upper regions, came down to Ephesus and found some disciples. ² And he said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit, having believed?” And the ones said to him, “But we did not even hear if ^[a] the Holy Spirit is given”. ³ And he said, “Into what then were you baptized?” And the ones said, “Into John’s baptism”. ⁴ And Paul said, “John baptized a baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe in the One coming after him, that is, in Jesus”. ⁵ And having heard it, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. ⁶ And Paul having laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they were speaking in tongues and prophesying. ⁷ And all the men were [totaling] about twelve.

⁴ John came^[a], the one baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. ⁵ And the whole Judean country^[b] was going out to him, and all the people-of-Jerusalem. And they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River while confessing-out^[c] their sins. ⁶ And John was dressed-in camel’s hair and a belt made-of-leather around his waist, and was eating locusts and wild honey. ⁷ And he was proclaiming, saying “The One more powerful than me is coming after me— of Whom I am not fit, having stooped, to untie the strap of His sandals. ⁸ I baptized you with^[d] water, but He will baptize you with^[e] the Holy Spirit”.

Jesus Is Baptized By John. God Expresses His Pleasure. Jesus Is Tempted By Satan

⁹ And it came about during those days that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized in the Jordan by John. ¹⁰ And immediately while ascending^[f] out-of the water, He saw the heavens being divided^[g] and the Spirit like a dove descending to^[h] Him. ¹¹ And a voice came from the heavens— “You are My beloved Son. With You I was^[i] well-pleased”.