Acts 8:14-17
Christian Standard Bible
Simon’s Sin
14 When the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.(A) 15 After they went down there, they prayed for them so that the Samaritans might receive the Holy Spirit because he had not yet come down on any of them. 16 (They had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.(B)) 17 Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
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Acts 8:14-17
Lexham English Bible
14 Now when[a] the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them, 15 who went down and[b] prayed for them so that they would receive the Holy Spirit. 16 (For he had not yet fallen on any of them, but they had only been baptized[c] in the name of the Lord Jesus.) 17 Then they placed their[d] hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit.
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- Acts 8:14 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“heard”) which is understood as temporal
- Acts 8:15 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“went down”) has been translated as a finite verb
- Acts 8:16 Literally “but they were only having been baptized”
- Acts 8:17 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
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