Acts 8:19
saying, “Give me this power also, that on whom ever I lay my hands he may receive the Holy Spirit.”
English Majority Text (NT)
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
Cross References
Luke 14:7So He told a parable to those who were invited, when He noted how they chose the places of honor, saying to them:
Acts 8:9Now a certain man named Simon was previously in the city practicing magic and astounding the people of Samaria, claiming himself to be someone great,
1 Corinthians 15:8And last of all, as of one born out of due time, He appeared to me also.
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 →