Hechos 8:15-17
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15 los cuales descendieron y oraron por los samaritanos para que recibieran el Espíritu Santo. 16 Porque aún no había descendido sobre ninguno de ellos el Espíritu Santo; solamente habían sido bautizados en el nombre de Jesús. 17 Entonces les impusieron las manos y recibieron el Espíritu Santo.
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Acts 8:15-17
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Acts 8:15-17
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15 These two[a] went down and prayed for them so that they would receive the Holy Spirit. 16 (For the Spirit[b] had not yet come upon[c] any of them, but they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)[d] 17 Then Peter and John placed their hands on the Samaritans,[e] and they received the Holy Spirit.[f]
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- Acts 8:15 tn Grk “who.” The relative pronoun was replaced by the phrase “these two” and a new sentence was begun in the translation at this point to improve the English style.
- Acts 8:16 tn Grk “For he”; the referent (the Spirit) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- Acts 8:16 tn Or “fallen on.”
- Acts 8:16 sn This is a parenthetical note by the author.
- Acts 8:17 tn Grk “on them”; the referent (the Samaritans) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- Acts 8:17 sn They received the Holy Spirit. It is likely this special distribution of the Spirit took place because a key ethnic boundary was being crossed. Here are some of “those far off” of Acts 2:38-40.
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