Acts 8:17
“Then layde they their hands on them, and they receiued the holy Ghost.”
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Acts 8:17 Context
15Who when they were come downe, praied for them that they might receiue the holy Ghost. 16(For as yet hee was fallen vpon none of them: onely they were baptized in the Name of the Lord Iesus.) 17Then layde they their hands on them, and they receiued the holy Ghost. 18And when Simon saw that through laying on of the Apostles hands, the holy Ghost was giuen, hee offered them money, 19Saying, Giue me also this power, that on whomsoeuer I lay handes, hee may receiue the holy Ghost.
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Other Translations for Acts 8:17
Then laid they [their] hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
- King James Version
Then they {began} laying their hands on them, and they were receiving the Holy Spirit.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Then they put their hands on them, and the Holy Spirit came on them.
- Basic English Bible
Then they laid their hands upon them, and they received [the] Holy Spirit.
- Darby Bible
Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
- Webster's Bible
Then the Apostles placed their hands upon them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
- Weymouth Bible
Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
- World English Bible
Thanne thei leiden hoondis on hem, and thei resseyueden the Hooli Goost.
- Wycliffe Bible
then were they laying hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
- Youngs Literal Bible
People's Bible Notes for Acts 8:17
Ac 8:17 They laid [their] hands on them. Whedon says: ``This was part of that miraculous supremacy of the apostles that they could not communicate to any successor.'' This reception of the Holy Spirit was manifest in speaking with tongue and other powers.