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Originally Posted by Justin
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.
It seems like they didn't even know the Holy Ghost existed?
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They were water baptized by John the Baptist. Therefore it is implied that they heard his message and responded by being baptized with John's baptism unto repentance. So I can't go as far as to say that their statement means that they didn't know if there was a Holy Ghost, but rather I'd argue that their statement indicates that they didn't know if the outpouring John spoke about was indeed among men. "We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost." Clearly they were not speaking didactic factoid but rather experiential in the present tense.
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