Acts 8:18

When, however, Simon saw that it was through the laying on of the Apostles' hands that the Spirit was bestowed, he offered them money.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles’ hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,

In Context

17Then the Apostles placed their hands upon them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

19"Give me too," he said, "that power, so that every one on whom I place my hands will receive the Holy Spirit."

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Cross References

1 Timothy 6:5and persistent wranglings on the part of people whose intellects are disordered and they themselves blinded to all knowledge of the truth; who imagine that godliness means gain.

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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