Acts 8:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Then they put their hands on them, and the Holy Spirit came on them.

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  • Acts 6:6 : 6 These they took to the Apostles, who, after prayer, put their hands on them.
  • Acts 19:6 : 6 And when Paul had put his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them; and they had the power of talking in tongues, and acting like prophets.
  • Acts 9:17 : 17 And Ananias went out and came to the house, and putting his hands on him, said, Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, whom you saw when you were on your journey, has sent me, so that you may be able to see, and be full of the Holy Spirit.
  • Heb 6:2 : 2 The teaching of baptisms, and of the putting on of hands, and of the future life of the dead, and of the judging on the last day.
  • Acts 13:3 : 3 Then, after prayer and going without food they put their hands on them, and sent them away.
  • Rom 1:11 : 11 For I have a strong desire to see you, and to give you some grace of the spirit, so that you may be made strong;
  • Gal 3:2-5 : 2 Give me an answer to this one question, Did the Spirit come to you through the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? 3 Are you so foolish? having made a start in the Spirit, will you now be made complete in the flesh? 4 Did you undergo such a number of things to no purpose? if it is in fact to no purpose. 5 He who gives you the Spirit, and does works of power among you, is it by the works of law, or by the hearing of faith?
  • 1 Tim 4:14 : 14 Make use of that grace in you, which was given to you by the word of the prophets, when the rulers of the church put their hands on you.
  • 1 Tim 5:22 : 22 Do not put hands on any man without thought, and have no part in other men's sins: keep yourself clean.
  • 2 Tim 1:6 : 6 For this reason I say to you, Let that grace of God which is in you, given to you by my hands, have living power.
  • Acts 8:18 : 18 Now when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the touch of the Apostles' hands, he made them an offering of money, saying,
  • Num 8:10 : 10 And you are to take the Levites before the Lord: and the children of Israel are to put their hands on them:
  • Num 27:18 : 18 And the Lord said to Moses, Take Joshua, the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and put your hand on him;
  • Acts 2:4 : 4 And they were all full of the Holy Spirit, and were talking in different languages, as the Spirit gave them power.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Acts 8:18-20
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    18Now when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the touch of the Apostles' hands, he made them an offering of money, saying,

    19Give me this power, so that when I put my hands on anyone he may get the Holy Spirit.

    20But Peter said, May your money come to destruction with you, because you had the idea that what is freely given by God may be got for a price.

  • Acts 8:14-16
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    14Now when the Apostles at Jerusalem had news that the people of Samaria had taken the word of God into their hearts, they sent to them Peter and John;

    15Who, when they came there, made prayer for them, that the Holy Spirit might be given to them:

    16For up to that time he had not come on any of them; only baptism had been given to them in the name of the Lord Jesus.

  • Acts 19:5-7
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    5And hearing this, they had baptism in the name of the Lord Jesus.

    6And when Paul had put his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them; and they had the power of talking in tongues, and acting like prophets.

    7And there were about twelve of these men.

  • Acts 6:6
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    6These they took to the Apostles, who, after prayer, put their hands on them.

  • Acts 11:15-17
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    15And, while I was talking to them, the Holy Spirit came on them, as on us at first.

    16And the words of the Lord came into my mind, how he said, The baptism of John was with water, but you will have baptism with the Holy Spirit.

    17If then God gave them, when they had faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, the same as he gave to us, who was I to go against God?

  • Acts 10:44-48
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    44While Peter was saying these words, the Holy Spirit came on all those who were hearing the word.

    45And the Jews of the faith, who had come with Peter, were full of wonder, because the Holy Spirit was given to the Gentiles,

    46And they were talking in tongues, and giving glory to God. Then Peter said,

    47Will any man say that these may not have baptism who have been given the Holy Spirit as we have?

    48And he gave orders for them to have baptism in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they kept him with them for some days.

  • Acts 19:2
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    2And he said to them, Did you get the Holy Spirit when you had faith? And they said to him, No, we have had no knowledge of the Holy Spirit.

  • Acts 15:8
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    8And God, the searcher of hearts, was a witness to them, giving them the Holy Spirit even as he did to us;

  • Acts 2:1-4
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    1And when the day of Pentecost was come, they were all together in one place.

    2And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like the rushing of a violent wind, and all the house where they were was full of it.

    3And they saw tongues, like flames of fire, coming to rest on every one of them.

    4And they were all full of the Holy Spirit, and were talking in different languages, as the Spirit gave them power.

  • Acts 13:2-3
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    2And while they were doing the Lord's work, and going without food, the Holy Spirit said, Let Barnabas and Saul be given to me for the special work for which they have been marked out by me.

    3Then, after prayer and going without food they put their hands on them, and sent them away.

  • Acts 2:37-38
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    37Now when these words came to their ears their hearts were troubled, and they said to Peter and the other Apostles, Brothers, what are we to do?

    38And Peter said, Let your hearts be changed, every one of you, and have baptism in the name of Jesus Christ, for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will have the Holy Spirit given to you.

  • Acts 4:31
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    31And when their prayer was ended, the place where they were was violently moved, and they all became full of the Holy Spirit, preaching the word of God without fear.

  • John 20:22
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    22And when he had said this, breathing on them, he said to them, Let the Holy Spirit come on you:

  • Acts 5:18
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    18And they took the Apostles and put them in the common prison.

  • Acts 1:5
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    5For the baptism of John was with water, but you will have baptism with the Holy Spirit, after a little time.

  • Acts 4:7-8
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    7Then sending for Peter and John, they said, By what power and in whose name have you done this?

    8Then Peter, being full of the Holy Spirit, said to them, O you rulers of the people and men of authority,

  • Acts 2:33
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    33And so, being lifted up to the right hand of God, and having the Father's word that the Holy Spirit would come, he has sent this thing, which now you see and have knowledge of.

  • Acts 1:8
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    8But you will have power, when the Holy Spirit has come on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judaea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.

  • Acts 13:52
    72%

    52And the disciples were full of joy and of the Holy Spirit.

  • Acts 14:3
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    3So they kept there for a long time, taking heart in the Lord, who gave witness to the word of his grace by causing signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

  • Acts 4:3
    72%

    3And they took them and put them in prison till the morning, for it was now evening.

  • Acts 1:2
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    2Till the day when he was taken up to heaven after he had given his orders, through the Holy Spirit, to the Apostles of whom he had made selection:

  • Acts 9:17
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    17And Ananias went out and came to the house, and putting his hands on him, said, Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, whom you saw when you were on your journey, has sent me, so that you may be able to see, and be full of the Holy Spirit.

  • John 7:39
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    39This he said of the Spirit which would be given to those who had faith in him: the Spirit had not been given then, because the glory of Jesus was still to come.

  • Mark 1:8
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    8I have given you baptism with water, but he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit.

  • Acts 15:4
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    4And when they came to Jerusalem, they had a meeting with the church and the Apostles and the rulers, and they gave an account of all the things which God had done through them.

  • Acts 11:1
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    1Now the Apostles and the brothers who were in Judaea had news that the word of God had been given to the Gentiles.

  • Acts 5:12
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    12Now a number of signs and wonders were done among the people by the hands of the Apostles; and they were all together in Solomon's covered way.

  • Acts 8:12
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    12But when they had faith in the good news given by Philip about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, a number of men and women had baptism.

  • Mark 16:19
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    19So then the Lord Jesus, after he had said these words to them, was taken up into heaven and took his seat at the right hand of God.

  • Acts 4:13
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    13Now when they saw that Peter and John were without fear, though they were men of no education or learning, they were greatly surprised; and they took note of them that they had been with Jesus.

  • Acts 11:30
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    30Which they did, sending it to the rulers of the church by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.