Acts 19:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 19:6

Had laid his hands , etc. (see Acts 8:17 and note). We have here a distinct mark of Paul's true apostleship (see Acts 8:17 , Acts 8:18 ). For the manifestation of the Spirit, see Acts 10:46 . read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 19:6

And when Paul laid his hands ... - See the notes on Acts 8:17.And they spake with tongues - See the notes on Acts 2:4; Acts 10:46.And prophesied - See the notes on Acts 2:17; Acts 11:27. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 19:2-7

Acts 19:2-7. Having found certain disciples Who had been formerly baptized by John the Baptist, and since imperfectly instructed in Christianity, he said, Have ye received the Holy Ghost? The extraordinary gifts, as well as the sanctifying graces of the Holy Spirit; since ye believed These disciples were converts to the Christian faith, that is, they believed that Jesus was the Christ; but Paul inquires whether they had received the Holy Ghost, whose operations on the minds of men for... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Acts 19:1-7

18:23-21:16 BACK TO ASIA MINOR AND EUROPE (THIRD MISSIONARY JOURNEY)Through Galatia to Ephesus (18:23-19:7)On his third great journey to the west, Paul set out by visiting the churches of Galatia once again. This was the fourth time he had visited these churches and he had also written them a letter (23; cf. 13:14,51; 14:21; 16:2-6).In the meantime a learned Jew named Apollos had come to Ephesus from Alexandria in Egypt. Like many of the Jewish teachers in Alexandria, he had a detailed... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 19:6

the Holy Ghost . Both arts. App-101 . on . Greek. epi. App-104 . spake . Greek. laleo. App-121 . prophesied . See App-189 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Acts 19:6

And when Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them; and they spake with tongues and prophesied. And they were in all about twelve men.It is a mistake to make another Pentecost out of this. Walker said that "This was the same phenomenon witnessed on Pentecost and at the house of Cornelius";[11] but in neither case was the phenomenon due to the imposition of apostolic hands. This is therefore clearly something else. As Lange declared: "The true baptism ... and not the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Acts 19:6

6. And when Paul had laid his hands upon them . . . they spake with tongues, &c.—See on :-. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 19:1-7

The disciples of John the Baptist 19:1-7This is the first of two incidents taken from Paul’s ministry in Ephesus that bracket Luke’s description of his general ministry there. The second is Paul’s encounter with the seven sons of Sceva (Acts 19:13-20). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 19:1-20

Paul’s ministry in Ephesus 19:1-20Luke’s account of Paul’s third missionary journey is essentially a record of Paul’s ministry in Ephesus, the city he probably tried to reach at the beginning of his second journey (cf. Acts 16:6). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 19:6

As with the new converts in Samaria, these Ephesian disciples received the Holy Spirit when an apostle, this time Paul, laid his hands on them (cf. Acts 8:17). They did not receive the Spirit by water baptism. In Samaria, this identification of the coming of the Spirit with Peter and John first authenticated God’s giving of the Spirit in a non-Jewish context. Here the identification of the coming of the Spirit with Paul authenticated God’s giving of the Spirit in a town in which demonic... read more

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