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:Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.  
 
:Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.  
 
:When they heard ''this'', they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied<ref>In 1 Corinthians 14:22 Paul states that "tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not".  
 
:When they heard ''this'', they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied<ref>In 1 Corinthians 14:22 Paul states that "tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not".  
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:Acts 19:1-2 testifies that these were disciples, but that they had not believed in the Holy Spirit, because they had not heard that there is a Holy Spirit. The tongues were a sign to the believers in John who were disciples who believed in Jesus, who had not believed in the Holy Spirit, of the truth of the Gospel that Paul taught them about John's testimony to Jesus and the need for Christian baptism into Jesus.  
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:Acts 19:1-2 testifies that these were disciples, but that they had not believed in the Holy Spirit, because they had not heard that there is a Holy Spirit. The tongues were a sign to the believers in John who were disciples who believed in Jesus—who had not believed in the Holy Spirit—of the truth of the Gospel that Paul taught them about John's testimony to Jesus and the need for Christian baptism into Jesus.  
 
:In Acts 10:45 they of the circumcision party of the Jews who believed in Jesus "were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost."  
 
:In Acts 10:45 they of the circumcision party of the Jews who believed in Jesus "were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost."  
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:The tongues were a sign to the circumcised believers in Jesus, who did not believe in the salvation of the Gentiles, by the giving of the Holy Spirit to Gentiles, of the truth that even the Gentiles were granted salvation: "When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life." Acts 11:18. Thus tongues were a sign, not to those who believed, but "to those who believed not" (that to the Gentiles God had granted repentance unto life).</ref>
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:The tongues were a sign to the circumcised believers in Jesus—who did not believe in the salvation of the Gentiles—by the giving of the Holy Spirit to Gentiles, of the truth revealed to Peter that even the Gentiles were granted salvation: "When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life." Acts 11:18. Thus tongues were a sign, not to those who believed, but "to those who believed not" (that to the Gentiles God had granted repentance unto life).</ref>
    
== John's doubts about Jesus ==
 
== John's doubts about Jesus ==
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