Acts 19:3 - Exposition

He said for he said unto them, A.V. and T.R.; into for unto (twice), A.V. Into what then were ye baptized ? Nothing can mark more strongly the connection between baptism and the reception of the Holy Spirit than this question does. For it implies, "How could you be ignorant of the giving of the Holy Ghost if you were duly baptized?" (comp. Acts 2:38 ) The answer explains it, "We were baptized with John's baptism, to which no promise of the gift of the Holy Ghost was attached."