Acts 8:17
Then they laid their hands upon them and they received Holy Spirit.
Family 35 New Testament
In The King James Version
Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
In Context
Cross References
Acts 2:4And they were all filled with Holy Spirit and began to speak different languages, as the Spirit was granting to them to speak out.
Acts 8:18Well, upon observing that the Holy Spirit was given through the laying on of the Apostles' hands, Simon offered them money
Acts 13:3Then, having fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them off.
Romans 1:11For I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, so that you may be established
1 Timothy 4:14Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was ‘given’ to you through prophecy with the laying on of the hands of the body of elders.
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 →