25 He had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit,C he was speaking and teaching accurately about Jesus, although he knew only John’s baptism.j 26 He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. After Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him asideD and explained the way of God to him more accurately.k 27 When he wanted to cross over to Achaia, the brothers and sisters wrote to the disciples to welcome him. After he arrived, he was a great help to those who by grace had believed.l 28 For he vigorously refuted the Jews in public, demonstrating through the Scriptures that Jesus is the Messiah.m

TWELVE DISCIPLES OF JOHN THE BAPTIST

19 While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul traveled through the interior regions and came to Ephesus. He found some disciplesn 2 and asked them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?”o

“No,” they told him, “we haven’t even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”p

3 “Into what then were you baptized?” he asked them.

“Into John’s baptism,” they replied.q

4 Paul said, “John baptized with a baptism of repentance,r telling the people that they should believe in the one who would come after him, that is, in Jesus.”s

5 When they heard this, they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus. 6 And when Paul had laid his hands ont them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they began to speak in tonguesE and to prophesy.u 7 Now there were about twelve men in all.