Acts 8:19

sayinge: Geve me also this power that on whom soever I put the hondes he maye receave the holy goost.

William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)

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 Simo sawe that thorowe layinge on of the Apostles hondes on them the holy goost was geven: he offered the money

20Then sayde Peter vnto him: thy monye perysh with the because thou wenest that the gifte of God maye be obteyned wt money.

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Cross References

Luke 14:7He put forthe a similitude to ye gestes whe he marked how they preased to the hyest roumes and sayd vnto the:

Acts 8:9And ther was a certayne man called Simon which before tyme in the same cite vsed witche crafte and bewitched the people of Samarie sayinge that he was a man yt coulde do greate thinges

1 Corinthians 15:8And last of all he was sene of me as of one that was borne out of due tyme.

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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