What significant event happened in Ephesus regarding the Holy Spirit?

• A. He preached for three years.
• B. He found disciples who had not received the Holy Spirit and baptized them in the name of the Lord Jesus.
• C. He healed a cripple.
• D. He built a temple.

Answer: (D)

The key idea is how the Holy Spirit comes to believers in the early church and how that reception is tied to faith in Jesus and proper baptism. In this scene in Ephesus, Paul meets a group of disciples who had not yet received the Holy Spirit. They had only been baptized with John’s baptism, which pointed people toward repentance but did not confer the Holy Spirit. Paul explains that they should believe in the one who was to come after John, Jesus. After they are baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus and Paul lays hands on them, the Holy Spirit comes upon them, and they begin speaking in tongues and prophesying. This sequence—recognition of Jesus, baptism in his name, and the Spirit’s presence—is the significant event being described, showing how the Spirit is received as a result of faith in Jesus and the proper baptism.

Other options shift away from this moment: there are various miracles and actions in Paul’s ministry, but the specific event in Ephesus tied to the Holy Spirit here is the reception of the Spirit after Jesus-centered baptism.