Acts 8:17
15 On their arrival, they prayed for them to receive the Holy Spirit.
16 For the Holy Spirit had not yet fallen upon any of them; they had simply been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.
Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
18 When Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money.
19 “Give me this power as well,” he said, “so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
- KJV
- Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
- WEB
- Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
- ASV
- Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
- DARBY
- Then they laid their hands upon them, and they received [the] Holy Spirit.
- BLB
- Then they began laying the hands upon them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
- ÅB
- De la da sine hender på dem, og de fikk den Hellige Ånd.
- OTB
- Så la Peter og Johannes hendene på dem, og de mottok Den Hellige Ånd.
- B1930
- De la da sine hender på dem, og de fikk den Hellige Ånd.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 19:6
And when Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.
Read in contextActs 6:6
They presented these seven to the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them.
Read in context2 Timothy 1:6
For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands.
Read in contextActs 8:18
When Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money.
Read in contextActs 2:4
And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.
Read in contextActs 9:17
So Ananias went to the house, and when he arrived, he placed his hands on Saul. “Brother Saul,” he said, “the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here, has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”
Read in contextHebrews 6:2
instruction about baptisms, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.
Read in contextNumbers 8:10
You are to present the Levites before the LORD and have the Israelites lay their hands upon them.
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