Acts 8:15
who, having come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit;
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost:
In Context
Cross References
Matthew 18:19Again I say to you, that if two of you shall agree on earth, concerning any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them by my Father who is in heaven.
John 16:23And in that day ye shall ask nothing of me. Verily, verily, I say to you: Whatever ye shall ask of the Father, he will give it you in my name.
1 Corinthians 14:13Wherefore let him that speaks in an unknown tongue 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 →