And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.
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Gill's Exposition
And when Paul had laid his hands upon them,.... They having been before baptized, not by him, but by John, or one of his disciples, in the name of the Lord Jesus; just as Peter and John laid their…
Barnes' Notes
And when Paul laid his hands ... - See the notes on Act 8:17. And they spake with tongues - See the notes on Act 2:4; Act 10:46. And prophesied - See the notes on Act 2:17; Act 11:27.
Adam Clarke
They spake with tongues, and prophesied - They received the miraculous gift of different languages; and in those languages they taught to the people the great doctrines of the Christian religion; for…
Ephesus was a city of great note in Asia, famous for a temple built there to Diana, which was one of the wonders of the world: thither Paul came to preach the gospel while Apollos was at Corinth (Act…
Cambridge Bible
And when Paul, &c. The gift of the Holy Ghost to these disciples appears to have been a special provision of the Spirit for the great work which was to change Ephesus, from the city wholly devoted to…
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