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Originally Posted by *AQuietPlace*
Are we sure that these people had already believed on Jesus? It says 'certain disciples', but doesn't specify 'disciples of Jesus'. It sounds like they could have been disciples of John who had not yet heard of Jesus:
1And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples,
2He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.
3And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John's baptism.
4Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.
5When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
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The focus is on verse 2:
2 He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost
since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.
Since they believed what? The Holy Ghost correlates with Jesus' Gospel, not John the Baptists.
It would only make since that "since ye believed" is specifically referring to the Gospel of Jesus.
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