Acts 8:14-17
Modern English Version
Samaritans Receive the Holy Spirit
14 Now when the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them. 15 When they came down, they prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit, 16 for still He had come on none of them. They were only baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 17 Then they 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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