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The Holy Spirit Received at Ephesus

Acts 19:1

In 9 translations

BSB
While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the interior and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciplesOr the highland
KJV
And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples,
WEB
While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having passed through the upper country, came to Ephesus and found certain disciples.
ASV
And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper country came to Ephesus, and found certain disciples:
LSV
And it came to pass, in Apollos being in Corinth, Paul having gone through the upper parts, came to Ephesus, and having found certain disciples,
YLT
And it came to pass, in Apollos' being in Corinth, Paul having gone through the upper parts, came to Ephesus, and having found certain disciples,
DBY
And it came to pass, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having passed through the upper districts, came to Ephesus, and finding certain disciples,
DRC
And it came to pass, while Apollo was at Corinth, that Paul having passed through the upper coasts, came to Ephesus, and found certain disciples.
GNV
And it came to passe, while Apollos was at Corinthus, that Paul when he passed thorow the vpper coasts, came to Ephesus, and found certaine disciples,

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  • NA28, NA27 read κατελθεῖν (“to come down”); Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἐλθεῖν (“to come”).
  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read εὑρεῖν (“finding”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read εὑρών (“finding”).
SBLGNT apparatus (2)

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  • SBLGNT: ἐλθεῖν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont read ἐλθεῖν; Nestle–Aland 28th edition read κατελθεῖν.
  • SBLGNT: εὑρεῖν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read εὑρεῖν; Robinson–Pierpont read εὑρών.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
Ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν τῷ τὸν Ἀπολλῶ εἶναι ἐν Κορίνθῳ Παῦλον διελθόντα τὰ ἀνωτερικὰ μέρη ἐλθεῖν εἰς Ἔφεσον καὶ εὑρεῖν τινας μαθητάς,
RP2018
Ἐγένετο δέ, ἐν τῷ τὸν Ἀπολλὼ εἶναι ἐν Κορίνθῳ, Παῦλον διελθόντα τὰ ἀνωτερικὰ μέρη ἐλθεῖν εἰς Ἔφεσον· καὶ εὑρών τινας μαθητὰς
TR-Boyd
Ἐγένετο δέ, ἐν τῷ τὸν Ἀπολλὼ εἶναι ἐν Κορίνθῳ, Παῦλον διελθόντα τὰ ἀνωτερικὰ μέρη ἐλθεῖν εἰς Ἔφεσον· καὶ εὑρών τινας μαθητὰς
SCR1894
εγενετο δε εν τω τον απολλω ειναι εν κορινθω παυλον διελθοντα τα ανωτερικα μερη ελθειν εις εφεσον και ευρων τινας μαθητας

Who and where

👤 Apollos👤 Paul📍 Corinth📍 Ephesus◆ Third Missionary Journey◆ Mission to Ephesus/1 Cor Written

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Acts 18:23–28After Paul had spent some time in Antioch, he traveled from place to place throughout the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples. Meanwhile a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to…
  • 1 Corinthians 16:12Now about our brother Apollos: I strongly urged him to go to you with the brothers. He was not at all inclined to go now, but he will go when he has the opportunity.
  • 1 Corinthians 1:12What I mean is this: Individuals among you are saying, “I follow Paul,” “I follow Apollos,” “I follow Cephas,” or “I follow Christ.”
  • Acts 18:19–21When they reached Ephesus, Paul parted ways with Priscilla and Aquila. He himself went into the synagogue there and reasoned with the Jews. When they asked him to stay for a while longer, he declined. But as he left,…
  • Acts 18:1After this, Paul left Athens and went to Corinth.
  • 1 Corinthians 3:4–7For when one of you says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere men? What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each…

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