19 ¹ While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul travelled through the inland regions till he came to Ephesus. 19 ² There he found a number of converts, to whom he said, 'Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you became believers?' 'No,' they replied, 'we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.' 19 ³ He said, 'Then what baptism were you given?' 'John's baptism', they answered. 19 ⁴ Paul then said, 'The baptism that John gave was a baptism in token of repentance, and he told the people to put their trust in one who was to come after him, that is, in Jesus.' 19 ⁵ On hearing this they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus; 19 ⁶ and when Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them and they spoke in tongues of ecstasy and prophesied. 19 ⁷ Altogether they were about a dozen men.

19 ⁸ During the next three months he attended the synagogue and, using argument and persuasion, spoke boldly and freely about the kingdom of God. 19 ⁹ But when some proved obdurate and would not believe, speaking evil of the new way before the whole congregation, he left them, withdrew his converts, and continued to hold discussions daily in the lecture-hall of Tyrannus. 19 ¹⁰ This went on for two years, with the result that the whole population of the province of Asia, both Jews and Gentiles, heard the word of the Lord.