19And it happened that while Apollos was in Corinth, Paul traveled through the inland regions and^* came^a to Ephesus and found some disciples. ²And he said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you^* believed?” And they said to him, “But we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit!” ³And he said, “Into what then were you baptized?” And they said, “Into the baptism of John.” ⁴And Paul said, “John baptized with a baptism of repentance, telling the people that they should believe in the one who was to come after him—that is, in Jesus.” ⁵And when they^* heard this,^* they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. ⁶And when^* Paul laid hands^b on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them and they began to speak^* in tongues and to prophesy. ⁷(Now the total number of men was about twelve.)

⁸So he entered into the synagogue and^* was speaking boldly for three months, discussing and attempting to convince^c them^* concerning^d the kingdom of God. ⁹But when some became hardened and were disobedient, reviling the Way before the congregation, he departed from them and^* took away the disciples, leading discussions every day in the lecture hall of Tyrannus. ¹⁰And this took place for two years, so that all who lived in Asia^e heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.

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¹¹And God was performing extraordinary^f miracles by the hands of Paul, ¹²so that even handkerchiefs or work aprons that had touched his skin^g were carried away to those who were sick, and their^* diseases left them and the evil spirits came out of them.^*

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Footnotes

*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“traveled through”) has been translated as a finite verb
aSome manuscripts have “and came down”
*Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“believed”) which is understood as temporal
*Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“heard”) which is understood as temporal
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
*Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“laid”)
bSome manuscripts have “placed his hands”
*The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to speak”)
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“entered”) has been translated as a finite verb
cThe present tense participle has been translated as a conative present (“attempting to convince”)
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
dSome manuscripts have “of the things concerning”
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“departed”) has been translated as a finite verb
eA reference to the Roman province of Asia (modern Asia Minor)
fLiterally “not the ordinary”
gLiterally “from his skin”
*Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
*The words “of them” are not in the Greek text but are implied