³⁹ By this he meant the Spirit,^(A) whom those who believed in him were later to receive.^(B) Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified.^(C)

³⁸ Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized,^(A) every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins.^(B) And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.^(C)

¹⁵ When they arrived, they prayed for the new believers there that they might receive the Holy Spirit,^{(A) 16} because the Holy Spirit had not yet come on any of them;^(B) they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.^{(C) 17} Then Peter and John placed their hands on them,^(D) and they received the Holy Spirit.^(E)

² and asked them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit^(A) when^[a] you believed?”

They answered, “No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”

² I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit^(A) by the works of the law,^(B) or by believing what you heard?^(C)