Acts 19:6

“And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, etc.] 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 hands upon the believing Samaritans, who had been before baptized by Philip, (<440814>Acts 8:14-17) and the same extraordinary effects followed: the Holy Ghost came on them; in his extraordinary gifts, whose special grace they had before an experience of: and they spake with tongues; with other tongues, or in other languages, which they had never learned, or had been used to, as the disciples did at the day of “Pentecost”: and prophesied; preached, having an extraordinary gift at once, of…”

“And when Paul had laid his hands upon them . . . they spake with tongues, &c.--See on Act 10:44-45.”

“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. return to 'Top of Page'”

“19:6 When Paul laid his hands on them they received the Holy Spirit, spoke in other tongues and prophesied, thereby experiencing the same filling with God’s power and presence that the disciples had received on the day of Pentecost (2:4, 11).”

“laid: Act 6:6, Act 8:17-19, Act 9:17; Ti1 5:22; Ti2 1:6 the Holy Ghost: Act 2:4, Act 10:45, Act 10:46, Act 13:2; Co1 12:8-11, Co1 12:28-30 and prophesied: 1Cor. 14:1-25 Acts 19:8”