Acts 8:15

And they went down, and prayed over them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost:

In Context

14And when the legates at Jerusalem, heard that the people of the Samaritans had received the word of God, they sent out to them Simon Cephas and John.

16For he was not yet on any one of them; and they had only been baptized in the name of our Lord Jesus.

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Cross References

Matthew 18:19Again I say to you, That if two of you shall agree on earth concerning any thing that they shall ask, it shall be to them from my Father who is in heaven.

John 16:23And in that day ye will ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say to you, That whatsoever ye shall ask of my Father in my name, he will give to you.

1 Corinthians 14:13And let him that speaketh in a tongue, pray that he may interpret.

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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