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Acts 19:1–2

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AND it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples,
He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.
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  1. 1 Corinthians 16:12Rank 1 from verse 1
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    12As touching our brother Apollos, I greatly desired him to come unto you with the brethren: but his will was not at all to come at this time; but he will come when he shall have convenient time.

  2. Acts 18:23–28Rank 2 from verse 1
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    23And after he had spent some time there, he departed, and went over all the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening all the disciples.

    24¶ And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus.

    25This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John.

    26And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.

    27And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he was come, helped them much which had believed through grace:

    28For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publickly, shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ.

  3. 1 Corinthians 1:12Rank 3 from verse 1
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    12Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.

  4. Acts 18:1Rank 4 from verse 1
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    1AFTER these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth;

  5. Acts 18:19–21Rank 5 from verse 1
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    19And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.

    20When they desired him to tarry longer time with them, he consented not;

    21But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem: but I will return again unto you, if God will. And he sailed from Ephesus.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 6:19Rank 1 from verse 2
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    19What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

  2. Acts 11:15–17Rank 2 from verse 2
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    15And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the beginning.

    16Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost.

    17Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as he did unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I could withstand God?

  3. Galatians 3:5Rank 3 from verse 2
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    5He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

  4. John 7:39Rank 4 from verse 2
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    39(But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)

  5. 1 Samuel 3:7Rank 5 from verse 2
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    7Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, neither was the word of the Lord yet revealed unto him.

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Acts 19:1

COMBINED MEANING

pass

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To go by, through, over, or beyond; to happen, cease, or be transferred.

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Corinth

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Corinth, the city in which Paul ministered and to which the Corinthian epistles relate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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passed

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of pass, meaning to go by, through, over, or beyond; to happen, cease, or be transferred.

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COMBINED MEANING

upper

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Situated above another, higher in place, or belonging to the higher part.

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certain

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1. A particular person, thing, place, time, amount, or number not named or not further specified; also some members or portion of a group. 2. Sure, settled, true, reliable, or known beyond doubt.

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Acts 19:2

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ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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received

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Past-tense or past-participial form of receive (to take, accept, admit, welcome, or obtain).

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holy

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Sense 1: Morally pure, righteous, undefiled, and separate from evil; supremely so of God. Sense 2: Hallowed, consecrated, set apart, devoted, or belonging to God or sacred use; distinguished from what is common, profane, or unclean.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

ghost

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Sense 1: A spirit. Sense 2: In the title Holy Ghost, the divine Spirit of God. Sense 3: The life or spirit yielded up at death, in the expression to give or yield up the ghost.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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believed

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of believe. Sense 1: To accept as true on testimony or evidence; to be persuaded. Sense 2: To trust or place confidence in.

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heard

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Sense 1: Perceived by the ear. Sense 2: Received or learned by report. Sense 3: Listened to, regarded, or heeded. Sense 4: Favourably attended to.

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1AND it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples,

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2He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.

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3And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John’s baptism.

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