Acts 8:19

saying, Give me also this power, so that on whomever I lay hands, he may receive Holy Spirit.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.

In Context

18Now when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he brought money to them,

20But Peter said to him, Thy silver with thee, may it be for destruction, because thou thought to obtain the gift of God by money.

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Cross References

Luke 14:7And he spoke a parable to those who were invited when he noticed how they chose out the chief places, saying to them,

Acts 8:9But a certain man in the city, Simon by name, was formerly practicing sorcery, and fascinating the nation of Samaria, saying himself to be some great man,

1 Corinthians 15:8and last of all, as to the untimely birth, he also appeared to me.

Matthew Henry on Acts 8:15-26

The Account of Simon Magus. 14 Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John: 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.) 17 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… Read the whole commentary →

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