...from the sacred text, we shall exhibit the context of Acts xi*. 5; as deciding the 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 not so much as heard whether there be any...

...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...

...came to pass that—Paul having passed through the upper coasts, came to Ephesus: and finding there certain disciples, He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost, since ye believed 9 And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard, whether there be any Holy Ghost. And he said...

...incrédules, décriant la voie du Seigneur devant la multitude, il se CHAP. XIX. The Hoiy Ghosl given by Paul. AND it came to pass, that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through thé upper coasts, came to Ephesus ; and finding certain disciples, 2 He said unto lliem, Hâve ye...

...Achaia, fixed his residence : for, proceeding with the account of St. Paul's travels, it tells us, that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having passed through the upper coasts, came down to Ephesus, xix. 1. What is said, therefore, of Apollos in the Epistle, coincides exactly ami...

...operation of the Holy Ghost in their conversion, that after their conversion they replied to this question, we have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost, (v. 2.) But another passage of Scripture is introduced, upon the authority of which, it is said, that...

...The dialogue stands thus. Paul. Have ye [twelve] received the Holy Ghost since ye believed ? Tivc-he. We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost. Paul. Into what then were ye baptized ? Tivelve. Into John's baptism. Paul. John verily baptized with...

...Spirit, even as he did unto us." And Acts xix. 2, " Paul said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Spirit since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Spirit." In all these instances none can doubt but that by the Holy Spirit is meant those...

...been made known to them. Therefore they professed utter ignorance of the Holy Ghost's existence. " We have not so much as " heard whether there be any Holy Ghost." They could not deny, that they had heard of miraculous gifts and powers in the Church at that time,...