Acts 8:19

Saying, Give me also this samchut that on whomever I may lay my hands such may receive the Ruach Hakodesh.

Orthodox Jewish 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

18And when Shim'on saw that through the laying on of hands of Moshiachʼs Shlichim that the Ruach Hakodesh is given, he brought to them kesef,

20But Kefa said to him, May your kesef perish with you because the matnat Hashem you thought by kesef to acquire. + 8:20 2Kgs 5:16; Dt 5:17

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Cross References

Luke 14:7And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach began speaking a mashal to the seudah (banquet supper) invitees, when he noticed how they had been picking out the rashei hamoshavot (chief seats) at the tish, saying to them,

Acts 8:9Now a certain ish by name Shim'on was previously in the city practicing magic and astonishing the people of Shomron, saying that he himself was an ish of gadlus (with remarkable superiority) and gadol.

1 Corinthians 15:8And, last of all, even as if to one born not normally, + 15:8 like the rest Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach was seen by me also. + 15:8 cf. 1C 9:1

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 →

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