Acts 8:19
saying, “Give this power to me as well, so that whomever I lay my hands on may receive the Holy Spirit.”
Text-Critical English NT
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 14:7When Jesus noticed how the guests were choosing the places of honor for themselves, he told them a parable:
Acts 8:9Now a man named Simon had previously practiced magic in the city and amazed the people of Samaria, declaring himself to be someone great.
1 Corinthians 15:8Last of all, as to one born at the wrong time, he appeared to me as well.
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 →