Acts 8:17
Then Peter and John placed their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
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Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
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Cross References
Numbers 8:10When you bring the Levites before Yahweh, the people of Israel must lay their hands on the Levites.
Acts 2:4They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other languages, as the Spirit gave them to speak.
Acts 8:18Now when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money.
Acts 13:3After they had fasted, prayed, and laid their hands on these men, they sent them off.
Romans 1:11For I desire to see you, that I may give you some spiritual gift, in order to strengthen you.
1 Timothy 4:14Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you through prophecy, with 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 →