“And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.”
When Paul placed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied — The apostolic laying on of hands (epithithēmi, to place upon) becomes the conduit of Spirit-reception; glossolalia and prophecy provide phenomenological assurance of genuine Pentecostal experience. The pattern echoes Peter's Samaria encounter (8:17).
Church Fathers on Acts 19:6
And when Paul, it says, had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spoke with tongues, and prophesied. Acts 19:6 (β ) The gift is twofold: tongues and prophesyings. Hence is shown an important doctrine, that the baptism of John is incomplete. And he does not say, Baptism of forgiveness, but, of repentance. What (is it) then? These had not the Spirit: they were not so fervent, not even instructed. And why did (Apollos) not receive baptism? (The case)…
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