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Acts 8:19

“Give me also this power of yours, so that, if I place my hands upon any one, he may receive the Holy Spirit.”

Twentieth Century New Testament

In The King James Version

Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.

In Context

18When Simon saw that it was through the placing of the Apostles’ hands on them that the Spirit was given, he brought them a sum of money and said:

20“A curse upon you and upon your money,” Peter exclaimed, “for thinking that God’s free gift can be bought with gold!

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Cross References

Luke 14:7Observing that the guests were choosing the best places for themselves, Jesus told them this parable —

Acts 8:9There was staying in the city a man named Simon, who had been practicing magic there and mystifying the Samaritan people, giving himself out to be some great Being.

1 Corinthians 15:8Last of all, he appeared even to me, who am, as it were, the abortion.

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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