Acts 8:17
Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
In Context
Cross References
Numbers 8:10and thou shalt present the Levites before the LORD: and the children of Israel shall lay their hands upon the Levites:
Acts 2:4And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Acts 8:18Now when Simon saw that through the laying on of the apostles’ hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,
Acts 13:3Then, when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
Romans 1:11For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;
1 Timothy 4:14Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
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 →