Acts 8:17
Then they laid their hands upon them, and they received [the] Holy Spirit.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
In Context
16for he was not yet fallen upon any of them, only they were baptised to the name of the Lord Jesus.
Cross References
Numbers 8:10And thou shalt bring the Levites before Jehovah; and the children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites.
Acts 2:4And they were all filled with [the] Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues as the Spirit gave to them to speak forth.
Acts 8:18But Simon, having seen that by the laying on of the hands of the apostles the [Holy] Spirit was given, offered them money,
Acts 13:3Then, having fasted and prayed, and having laid [their] hands on them, they let [them] go.
Romans 1:11For I greatly desire to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to establish you;
1 Timothy 4:14Be not negligent of the gift [that is] in thee, which has been given to thee through prophecy, with imposition of the hands of the elderhood.
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 →