...metonymy, called the Spirit, as in Acts xix. 2. when it is said, Have ye recewed the Holy Ghost ? They Kind unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost. We are not to understand it as though they had not heard whether there were such a Person as the Holy...

...the Deity, as from its Source, and modified according to His divine Will. t, Have ye, says St. Paul, received the Holy Ghost since ye believed ? and they...not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost : ie given. And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the holy Ghost came on them ; and they spake...

...bestowed upon those, who professed faith in Jesus Christ, St. Paul meeting with these men at Ephesus, asks them : " Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye...they said unto him : We have not so much as heard, that there is any Holy Ghost. And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came upon...

...what he knew before, and then went away to Corinth, ver. 24 — 28. Ch. xix. 1. " And it came to pass, that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts," meaning the country of Galatia and Phrygia, before-mentioned^ " came "to Ephesus:" that is, as I apprehend,...

...from the sacred text, we shall exhibit the context of Acts xi*. 5; as deciding the controversy. — " And finding certain disciples, he said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghust since ye believed ? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any...

...Spirit, who is celebrated in so many testimonies of Scripture. The answer, therefore, which they gave, " We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost," is to be understood as equivalent to a declaration that they had never heard whether the graces of...

...came to pass that—Paul having passed through the upper coasts, came to Ephesus: and finding there certain disciples, He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost, since ye believed 9 And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard, whether there be any Holy Ghost. And he said...

...Achaia, fixed his residence : for, proceeding with the account of St. Paul's travels, it tells us, that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having passed through the upper coasts, came down to Ephesus, xix. 1. What is said, therefore, of Apollos in the Epistle, coincides exactly ami...

...The dialogue stands thus. Paul. Have ye [twelve] received the Holy Ghost since ye believed ? Tivc-he. We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost. Paul. Into what then were ye baptized ? Tivelve. Into John's baptism. Paul. John verily baptized with...

...operation of the Holy Ghost in their conversion, that after their conversion they replied to this question, we have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost, (v. 2.) But another passage of Scripture is introduced, upon the authority of which, it is said, that...