Acts 8:17
Then they laid (their) hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost (or and they received the Holy Spirit).
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
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 when the Levites be presented before the Lord, the sons of Israel shall set their hands upon them;
Acts 2:4And all were filled with the Holy Ghost, and they began to speak in diverse languages [or with diverse tongues], as the Holy Ghost gave to them to speak. (And all were filled with the Holy Spirit, and they began to speak in different languages, which the Holy Spirit made them able to speak.)
Acts 8:18And when Simon had seen, that the Holy Ghost was given by (the) laying on of [the] hands of the apostles, and he proffered [or he offered] to them money, (And when Simon had seen, that the Holy Spirit was given by the laying on of the hands of the apostles, then he offered them money,)
Acts 13:3Then they fasted, and prayed, and laid hands on them, and let them go.
Romans 1:11For I desire to see you, to (im)part somewhat to you of spiritual grace [or that I give to you something of spiritual grace], (so) that ye be confirmed,
1 Timothy 4:14Do not thou little care (for), [or despise], the grace which is in thee, that is given to thee by prophecy, with (the) putting on of the hands of [the] priesthood.
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 →