Acts 8:17
Then they laid the hand on them; and they received the Holy Spirit.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
In Context
Cross References
Acts 2:4And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak in diverse languages, as the Spirit gave them to speak.
Acts 8:18And when Simon saw that, by the imposition of a hand of the legates, the Holy Spirit was given, he offered them money,
Acts 13:3And after they had fasted and prayed, they laid the hand on them, and sent them away.
Romans 1:11For I long much to see you; and to impart to you the gift of the Spirit, whereby ye may be established;
1 Timothy 4:14Despise not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, and by the laying on of the hand of the eldership.
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 →