Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-04-08


ire said to have made to Paui's interroga- w
ion. And they said unto him, we have Ii
not so much as heard whether there be IN
any Holy Ghost This, / say, seems to m
be an extraordinary answer to proceed n
from the disciples of Christ especially i'll
we understand it. as : A. A. seems to q
view it. namely, as sho wing that these r.
disciples were actually ignorant whether, }
there aeas Holy Ghost .lIs, r
You will allow me to differ from this t
opinion of A. A. and to.state mysrea- c
sons for entertaining a different view OF
this passage. By looking into the Greek 9
Testament, we find the answer ofthe dis 9
ciples to be this: AN owde ei Pneumo
ooson estin ekousansen.' This sentence s
may be. translated thus: We have not
heard that the Holy Ghost is (recelved).' /
That this is the correct view of the Greek,
we have the testimony of the greatest
Greek scholar now living, S. T. Bloom
/ field, as we'll as Grotius and Bp. Pearce.
The same principle that we contend for
in the translation of this passage. was act
ed upon In the translation of John vii
: SO, For the Holy Ghost was not yet
(given).' Tosviolate this rule in this pas
sage would make it read thus: For the
Holy Ghost is not yet That the COM
mon English version is wrong on this
passage, it is clear to any one who is a.
all ACQUAINTED with the Greek language.
Unpardonable license was taken by the
: translators. The words so much as,
! and any were gratutously, added, there
! being no words in the original from whic b
they can be translated. That Bloomfield
= is correct, in his view ofthe passage, there
e are internal marks. Paups question was
! Have We received the Holy Ghost since
: We believedq The answer was, (accord
ing TO our view,) We have not heard
:, that the Holy Ghost is received Pau
asked a certain, definite question. W.
should, therefore, expect definite answe
to that rery question. But, according t.
. the common version. the disciples did no
: answer Paups question:; but declared tina
- they were ignorant of the existence {
II any Holy Ghost Even on the suppe
= : sition that these disciples never heard Jon
! preach, but were converted through I'll
- instrumentality Of Apollos or Aqullla;-
:. then it is incredible that they knew not
ing ofthe existence Of the Holy Spirit
- What was the character of Apollos 2
- This man was instructed in the way
.,n the Lord, and being .ervent in the spir
-, he spaEe and sought diligently the thin
ofthe Lord Acts xviii: IS. How cot
20 these disciples have been converted to t
r;n christian religion under the preaching
FR such man, orofauy man, and not ha
~s known that there was a Holy Ghos
70 i SO far from these disciples being Cent?
,rn. It is much more probable, in my mi
3
the that they were Jews. Apollos was al
I all Acts xviii, "a. IIencehe would natu
~ preach to the Jews, Acts xviii, e
NJ And it is quite likely that these. twt
disciples might have been Jews, WI
Apollos had convinced that Jesus
S., Christ But if they were Jews,
r knew the Old Testament scriptures. W
] l.. teach4he existence of the Holy Spirit
IN Of ". In the third verse, Paul proc
,o III. in his examination of these disciple
"a Webster renders this. verse in the fol
oaner ing manner: s7And he said to them,
so what then we're We baptized : And
ferred said, into Johns baptism s@Ehe AT
s. here refers the.disciples back 70 their
to the 1isrn. and inquiries into their public c
e Wy ~ Grafton oflhemselves to God and his c
From This was the, more necessary Wher
.;rlss, Remembered, that iPaul.aNas soon 1
,5nnoss,s his hands upon them, and endow
; IT. 80 with miraculous powers. : Into VIVA
SOD. 70 were We bapizeds' What vows d.
,.ds,be lake unon yon al your baptism?
This did YOU promise to do and to be
were said, into Johns baptism, Their
r,;,h in Paul 10 verse fourth, John yerll.
tlzed with the baptism of repentanc
,ss,;;on baptism SAYS Bloomfield, Tin loco)
d;;.a 1.., bound those who underwent It to
convict ance, reformation, and purity OIL
- According To- your profession,