Bible verse
As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, just as He had fallen upon us at the beginning.
Acts 11:15 · BSB
The verses around it, from Acts 11.
11 Just then three men sent to me from Caesarea stopped at the house where I was staying.
12 The Spirit told me to accompany them without hesitation. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man’s home.
13 He told us how he had seen an angel standing in his house and saying, ‘Send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter.
14 He will convey to you a message by which you and all your household will be saved.’
15 As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, just as He had fallen upon us at the beginning.
16 Then I remembered the word of the Lord, as He used to say, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’
17 So if God gave them the same gift He gave us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to hinder the work of God?”
18 When they heard this, their objections were put to rest, and they glorified God, saying, “So then, God has granted even the Gentiles repentance unto life.”
19 Meanwhile those scattered by the persecution that began with Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the message only to Jews.
KJV
And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the beginning.
ASV
And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, even as on us at the beginning.
ERV
And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, even as on us at the beginning.
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