Acts 8:17

New Testament · SCRIPTURE

Acts 8:17

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

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KJV

King James Version

Then laid they [their] hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.

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WEB

World English Bible

Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

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ASV

American Standard Version

Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

Then they were laying the hands upon them, and they were receiving [the] Holy Spirit.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Acts 8

¹⁵ On their arrival, they prayed for them to receive the Holy Spirit.

¹⁶ For the Holy Spirit had not yet fallen upon any of them; they had simply been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.

¹⁷ Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

¹⁸ When Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money.

¹⁹ “Give me this power as well,” he said, “so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”

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