Acts 8:15 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁵Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost:

Acts 8:15 —

Old words in this verse

ghost: — spirit, breath of life.

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 2:38
Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
John 16:23-24
And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. …
John 14:13-14
And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. …
Matthew 18:19
Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
Philippians 1:19
For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities Baptism Comforter Consolation Fellowship Gifts from God God Holy Spirit

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 14-25)

God had wonderfully owned Philip in his work as an evangelist at Samaria, but he could do no more than an evangelist; there were some peculiar powers reserved to the apostles, for the keeping up of the dignity of their office, and here we have an account of what was done by two of them there— Peter and John. The twelve kept together at Jerusalem (Acts 8:1), and thither these good tidings were brou…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 15)

14-17. the apostles ... sent Peter and John--showing that they regarded Peter as no more than their own equal.