Acts 8:17
Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
In Context
Cross References
Numbers 8:10You are to present the Levites before the LORD and have the Israelites lay their hands upon them.
Acts 2:4And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.
Acts 8:18When Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money.
Acts 13:3And after they had fasted and prayed, they laid their hands on them and sent them off.
Romans 1:11For I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you,
1 Timothy 4:14Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given you through the prophecy spoken over you at the laying on of the hands of the 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 →