Acts 8:17
15 Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost:
16 (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)
Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
18 And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles’ hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,
19 Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.
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 had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.
Read in contextActs 6:6
Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.
Read in context2 Timothy 1:6
Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.
Read in contextActs 8:18
And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles’ hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,
Read in contextActs 2:4
And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Read in contextActs 9:17
And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost.
Read in contextHebrews 6:2
Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
Read in contextNumbers 8:10
And thou shalt bring the Levites before the LORD: and the children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites:
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