...receive the Gift of the Holy Ghost." St. Paul- questions the Disciples at Ephesus in these Words, " have ye received the -Holy Ghost since ye believed?...so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost." And he said unto them, " unto what then were ye baptized ? and they said, unto John's Baptism." Then...

...gifts of the Spirit after belief. Paul went to Ephesus, and found there twelve of John's disciples, and "said unto them, have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, \ve have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost. And he said unto them, unto what then...

...original, but they all explain it by the gift of the Spirit, in their translation. And so iu Acts xix. 2. " We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost:" Which most expositors interpret merely concerning the plentiful effusion of the Spirit at Pentecost....

...remarkable passage in the nineteenth chapter of the Acts, Have ye received the Holy Ghost l—~We, have not so much as heard, whether there be any Holy Ghost. The good word, says Grotius, is the promise of God, as in the twenty-ninth of Jeremiah, / will —...

...metonymy, called the Spirit, as in Acts xix. 2. when it is said, Have ye recewed the Holy Ghost ? They Kind unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost. We are not to understand it as though they had not heard whether there were such a Person as the Holy...

...the Deity, as from its Source, and modified according to His divine Will. t, Have ye, says St. Paul, received the Holy Ghost since ye believed ? and they...not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost : ie given. And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the holy Ghost came on them ; and they spake...

...bestowed upon those, who professed faith in Jesus Christ, St. Paul meeting with these men at Ephesus, asks them : " Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye...they said unto him : We have not so much as heard, that there is any Holy Ghost. And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came upon...

...controversy. — " And finding certain disciples, he said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghust since ye believed ? And they said unto him, We have...so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost. And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized f And they said, Unto John's baptism" According...

...Spirit, who is celebrated in so many testimonies of Scripture. The answer, therefore, which they gave, " We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost," is to be understood as equivalent to a declaration that they had never heard whether the graces of...

...at Corinth, Paul passing through the upper coasts, came to Ephesus, and finding certain disciples, said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? but they replied we have not even heard that there is an Holy Ghost. He said unto them, into what then...