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What inquiry did Paul make of John’s disciples?
“Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed?”
What did they say in reply?
“We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost” ([Acts xix, 2]).
This was many years after the death of Jesus. Either this colloquy is false, or the story of John the Baptist is false. If John was the forerunner of Christ, as claimed, his disciples became followers of Christ; and if they became followers of Christ they were acquainted with the doctrine of the Holy Ghost—if it existed at this time.