Acts 8:16
For he was not yet on any one of them; and they had only been baptized in the name of our Lord Jesus.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
(For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)
In Context
15And they went down, and prayed over them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit.
17Then they laid the hand on them; and they received the Holy Spirit.
Cross References
Matthew 28:19Go ye, therefore, and instruct all nations; and baptize them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Acts 10:44And while Simon was uttering these things, the Holy Spirit overshadowed all them that were hearing the word.
Acts 19:2Have ye received the Holy Spirit, since ye believed? They answered and said to him: If there be a Holy Spirit, it hath not come to our hearing.
1 Corinthians 1:13Now was Messiah divided? Or was Paul crucified for you? Or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?
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 →