Acts 8:19

Saying, Giue mee also this power, that on whomsoeuer I lay the handes, he may receiue the holy Ghost.

Geneva Bible 1599

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 Simon sawe, that through laying on of the Apostles hands the holy Ghost was giuen, he offred them money,

20Then saide Peter vnto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou thinkest that the gift of God may be obteined with money.

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Cross References

Luke 14:7He spake also a parable to the ghestes, when he marked howe they chose out the chiefe roomes, and said vnto them,

Acts 8:9And there was before in the citie a certaine man called Simon, which vsed witchcraft, and bewitched the people of Samaria, saying that he himselfe was some great man.

1 Corinthians 15:8And last of all he was seene also of me, as of one borne out of due time.

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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