Acts 8:19
saying, “Give me also this power, that whomever I lay my hands on may receive the Holy Spirit.”
World English 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 14:7He spoke a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the best seats, and said to them,
Acts 8:9But there was a certain man, Simon by name, who used to practice sorcery in the city and amazed the people of Samaria, making himself out to be some great one,
1 Corinthians 15:8and last of all, as to the child born at the wrong time, he appeared to me also.
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 →