17Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
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And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.
Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.
Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.
And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,
And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
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 bro…
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