14 When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria(A) had accepted the word of God,(B) they sent Peter and John(C) to Samaria. 15 When they arrived, they prayed for the new believers there that they might receive the Holy Spirit,(D) 16 because the Holy Spirit had not yet come on any of them;(E) they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.(F) 17 Then Peter and John placed their hands on them,(G) and they received the Holy Spirit.(H)

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14 Now when the apostles at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.(A) 15 The two went down and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit(B) 16 (for as yet the Spirit had not come[a] upon any of them; they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus).(C) 17 Then Peter and John[b] laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 8.16 Gk fallen
  2. 8.17 Gk they