Acts 8:17
then they were laying hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
In Context
Cross References
Numbers 8:10and you have brought the Levites near before YHWH, and the sons of Israel have laid their hands on the Levites,
Acts 2:4and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, according as the Spirit was giving them to declare.
Acts 8:18And Simon, having beheld that through the laying on of the hands of the apostles the Holy Spirit is given, brought money before them,
Acts 13:3then having fasted, and having prayed, and having laid the hands on them, they sent [them] away.
Romans 1:11for I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, that you may be established;
1 Timothy 4:14do not be careless of the gift in you, that was given you through prophecy, with laying on of the hands of the eldership;
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 →