Acts 8:15

Who, when they were come, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost:

In Context

14Now when the apostles, who were in Jerusalem, had heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John.

16For he was not as yet come upon any of them; but they were only baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

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Cross References

Matthew 18:19Again I say to you, that if two of you shall consent upon earth, concerning any thing whatsoever they shall ask, it shall be done to them by my Father who is in heaven.

John 16:23And in that day you shall not ask me any thing. Amen, amen I say to you: if you ask the Father any thing in my name, he will give it you.

1 Corinthians 14:13And therefore he that speaketh by a tongue, let him pray that he may interpret.

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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