Acts 8:14
Now when the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them,
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15who, when they had come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit;
Cross References
Matthew 13:23And what was sown on the good ground, this is he who hears the word, and understands it, who truly bears fruit, and brings forth, some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty."
John 12:48He who rejects me, and does not receive my sayings, has one who judges him. The word that I spoke, the same will judge him in the last day.
Acts 3:1Peter and John were going up into the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.
Acts 11:1Now the apostles and the brothers who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God.
Acts 15:4When they had come to Jerusalem, they were received by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they reported all things that God had done with them.
Galatians 2:9and when they perceived the grace that was given to me, Jacob and Cephas and John, they who were reputed to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised.
Matthew Henry on Acts 8:5-14
The Spreading of the Gospel; Philip's Success. 4 Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word. 5 Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them. 6 And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did. 7 For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed. 8 And there was great joy in… Read the whole commentary →