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The [[Acts of the Apostles]] show us that a sort of Confirmation was going on even in the early Church. As the Christian community expanded both numerically and geographically into many locations both within and outside of the Jewish world, the Apostles were soon not the only ones preaching the Gospel and Baptizing people into Christ.
St. [[Apostle Paul|Paul]]'s work in Ephesus is recounted in Acts 19.1-12. Here we see that some who had been baptized with the “Baptism "Baptism of [[John the Baptist|John (the Baptist)]]�? " were eager to accept Christ.
:When they had heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. (Verse 5, NAB)
After this, we see that Paul "laid [his] hands on them" and the "Holy Spirit came upon them" (verse 6)
Another instance of Confirmation in the early Church is seen in Acts 8.
: Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent them Peter and John, who went down and prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit, for it had not yet fallen upon any of them; they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. Then they laid hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit. (Acts 8.14-18, NAB)
Fr. Philip Gialopsos explains the further development of the Sacrament:
