Acts 8:19
saying, Give me also this power, that on whomever I lay my hands, he may receive the Holy Spirit.
Noyes Bible
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 14:7And he spoke a parable to those who were invited, when he observed how they chose out the highest places at the table, saying to them,
Acts 8:9But before their arrival a certain man, named Simon, was in the city, a man practising sorcery, and amazing the people of Samaria, saying that he himself was some great person;
1 Corinthians 15:8And last of all, as to one born out of due time, he appeared also to me.
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 →