Acts 8:17
“Then layde they their hands on them, and they receiued the holy Ghost.”
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Acts 8:17 Context
15Who when they were come downe, praied for them that they might receiue the holy Ghost. 16(For as yet hee was fallen vpon none of them: onely they were baptized in the Name of the Lord Iesus.) 17Then layde they their hands on them, and they receiued the holy Ghost. 18And when Simon saw that through laying on of the Apostles hands, the holy Ghost was giuen, hee offered them money, 19Saying, Giue me also this power, that on whomsoeuer I lay handes, hee may receiue the holy Ghost.
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Then laid they [their] hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
- King James Version
Then they {began} laying their hands on them, and they were receiving the Holy Spirit.
- New American Standard Version (1995)