Acts 8:19

saying, Confer on me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay my hands, they may receive the Holy Ghost.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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

18Now when Simon saw, that by the imposition of the apostles’ hands, the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,

20But Peter said unto him, May thy silver with thyself go into perdition, because thou hast imagined that the gift of God can be purchased with money.

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Cross References

Luke 14:7Then he spake to those who were invited, a parable, when he observed how they chose the principal seats; saying unto them,

Acts 8:9But a certain man, named Simon, lived previously in that city, who practised magic, and astonished the nation of Samaria, giving out himself as an extraordinary great personage:

1 Corinthians 15:8And last of all he was seen also by me, who am but as an abortion.

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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