Acts 8:17–18
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8:17Then Peter and John placed their hands on the Samaritans,37 and they received the Holy Spirit.38
8:18Now Simon, when he saw that the Spirit39 was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, offered them money,
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- 37 Grk “on them”; the referent (the Samaritans) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- 38 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.
- 39 Most witnesses (𝔓45, 74 A* C D E Ψ 33 1739 𝔐 latt sy bo) here read “the Holy Spirit” (τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον, to pneuma to hagion), while a few key have simply τὸ πνεῦμα (א Ac B sa mae). Although it is possible that some scribes omitted τὸ ἅγιον because of its perceived superfluity (note vv. 15, 17, 19), it is far more likely that others added the adjective out of pious motives.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Then they laid their hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit. Now when Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money,
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Then Peter and John placed their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
When Simon saw that the Spirit was given at the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
When Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money,
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NLTNew Living Translation
Then Peter and John laid their hands upon these believers, and they received the Holy Spirit.
When Simon saw that the Spirit was given when the apostles laid their hands on people, he offered them money to buy this power.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Then they placed their hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit.
Now Simon, when he saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, offered them money,
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KJV 1900King James Version
Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost. And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles’ hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,
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