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and he said unto them, Did ye receive the Holy Spirit when ye believed? And they [said] unto him, Nay, we did not so much as hear whether the Holy Spirit was [given].

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A.T. Robertson

A.T. Robertson

A.T.Robertson

19th Century
Southern Baptist
19th Century

Did ye receive the Holy Spirit when ye believed? (ε πνευμα αγιον ελαβετε πιστευσαντεσ?). This use of Π in a direct question occurs…

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Have you received the Holy Ghost? Have you received the extraordinary effusions and miraculous influences of the Holy Ghost? Paul would no…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Have you received the Holy Ghost since you believed?—Better, as connecting the two facts in the English as in the Greek, …

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor'sBible Commentary

20th Century
20th Century

The question Paul put to the twelve, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed,” suggests two things: (1) that he assumed they were truly …

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Whether they had received the Holy Ghost. The end of the history shows that Paul does not speak in this place of the Spirit of regeneratio…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

He said to them, have you received the Holy Ghost
Meaning, not the special regenerating and sanctifying grace of the…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Paul, at Ephesus, found some religious people who looked to Jesus as the Me iah. They had not been led to expect the miraculous powers of the Holy …

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