Acts 8:15

They, when they came down, prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit:

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost:

In Context

14When the Apostles in Jerusalem heard that the Samaritans had accepted God's Message, they sent Peter and John to visit them.

16for He had not as yet fallen upon any of them. They had only been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.

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Cross References

Matthew 18:19I also solemnly tell you that if two of you here on earth agree together concerning anything whatever that they shall ask, the boon will come to them from my Father who is in Heaven.

John 16:23You will put no questions to me then. "In most solemn truth I tell you that whatever you ask the Father for in my name He will give you.

1 Corinthians 14:13Therefore let a man who has the gift of tongues pray for the power of interpreting them.

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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