Acts 8:17

World English Bible (2000)

Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

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  • Acts 6:6 : 6 whom they set before the apostles. When they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.
  • Acts 19:6 : 6 When Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke with other languages and prophesied.
  • Acts 9:17 : 17 Ananias departed, and entered into the house. Laying his hands on him, he said, "Brother Saul, the Lord, who appeared to you on the road by which you came, has sent me, that you may receive your sight, and be filled with the Holy Spirit."
  • Heb 6:2 : 2 of the teaching of baptisms, of laying on of hands, of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
  • Acts 13:3 : 3 Then, when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
  • Rom 1:11 : 11 For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, to the end that you may be established;
  • Gal 3:2-5 : 2 I just want to learn this from you. Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith? 3 Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now completed in the flesh? 4 Did you suffer so many things in vain, if it is indeed in vain? 5 He therefore who supplies the Spirit to you, and works miracles among you, does he do it by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith?
  • 1 Tim 4:14 : 14 Don't neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the elders.
  • 1 Tim 5:22 : 22 Lay hands hastily on no one, neither be a participant in other men's sins. Keep yourself pure.
  • 2 Tim 1:6 : 6 For this cause, I remind you that you should stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands.
  • Acts 8:18 : 18 Now when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money,
  • Num 8:10 : 10 You shall present the Levites before Yahweh. The children of Israel shall lay their hands on the Levites,
  • Num 27:18 : 18 Yahweh said to Moses, "Take Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay your hand on him;
  • Acts 2:4 : 4 They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other languages, as the Spirit gave them the ability to speak.

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  • Acts 8:18-20
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    18 Now when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money,

    19 saying, "Give me also this power, that whoever I lay my hands on may receive the Holy Spirit."

    20 But Peter said to him, "May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money!

  • Acts 8:14-16
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    14 Now when the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them,

    15 who, when they had come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit;

    16 for as yet he had fallen on none of them. They had only been baptized in the name of Christ Jesus.

  • Acts 19:5-7
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    5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

    6 When Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke with other languages and prophesied.

    7 They were about twelve men in all.

  • Acts 6:6
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    6 whom they set before the apostles. When they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.

  • Acts 11:15-17
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    15 As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, even as on us at the beginning.

    16 I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, 'John indeed baptized in water, but you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit.'

    17 If then God gave to them the same gift as us, when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I, that I could withstand God?"

  • Acts 10:44-48
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    44 While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all those who heard the word.

    45 They of the circumcision who believed were amazed, as many as came with Peter, because the gift of the Holy Spirit was also poured out on the Gentiles.

    46 For they heard them speaking in other languages and magnifying God. Then Peter answered,

    47 "Can any man forbid the water, that these who have received the Holy Spirit as well as we should not be baptized?"

    48 He commanded them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay some days.

  • Acts 19:2
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    2 He said to them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" They said to him, "No, we haven't even heard that there is a Holy Spirit."

  • Acts 15:8
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    8 God, who knows the heart, testified about them, giving them the Holy Spirit, just like he did to us.

  • Acts 2:1-4
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    1 Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all with one accord in one place.

    2 Suddenly there came from the sky a sound like the rushing of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

    3 Tongues like fire appeared and were distributed to them, and one sat on each of them.

    4 They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other languages, as the Spirit gave them the ability to speak.

  • Acts 13:2-3
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    2 As they served the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, "Separate Barnabas and Saul for me, for the work to which I have called them."

    3 Then, when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.

  • Acts 2:37-38
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    37 Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Brothers, what shall we do?"

    38 Peter said to them, "Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

  • Acts 4:31
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    31 When they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were gathered together. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.

  • John 20:22
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    22 When he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit!

  • Acts 5:18
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    18 and laid hands on the apostles, and put them in public custody.

  • Acts 1:5
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    5 For John indeed baptized in water, but you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days from now."

  • Acts 4:7-8
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    7 When they had stood them in the middle of them, they inquired, "By what power, or in what name, have you done this?"

    8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, "You rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,

  • Acts 2:33
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    33 Being therefore exalted by the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this, which you now see and hear.

  • Acts 1:8
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    8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth."

  • Acts 13:52
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    52 The disciples were filled with joy with the Holy Spirit.

  • Acts 14:3
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    3 Therefore they stayed there a long time, speaking boldly in the Lord, who testified to the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

  • Acts 4:3
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    3 They laid hands on them, and put them in custody until the next day, for it was now evening.

  • Acts 1:2
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    2 until the day in which he was received up, after he had given commandment through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen.

  • Acts 9:17
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    17 Ananias departed, and entered into the house. Laying his hands on him, he said, "Brother Saul, the Lord, who appeared to you on the road by which you came, has sent me, that you may receive your sight, and be filled with the Holy Spirit."

  • John 7:39
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    39 But he said this about the Spirit, which those believing in him were to receive. For the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus wasn't yet glorified.

  • Mark 1:8
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    8 I baptized you in water, but he will baptize you in the Holy Spirit."

  • Acts 15:4
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    4 When they had come to Jerusalem, they were received by the assembly and the apostles and the elders, and they reported all things that God had done with them.

  • Acts 11:1
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    1 Now the apostles and the brothers who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God.

  • Acts 5:12
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    12 By the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders were done among the people. They were all with one accord in Solomon's porch.

  • Acts 8:12
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    12 But when they believed Philip preaching good news concerning the Kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.

  • Mark 16:19
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    19 So then the Lord, after he had spoken to them, was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.

  • Acts 4:13
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    13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and had perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled. They recognized that they had been with Jesus.

  • Acts 11:30
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    30 which they also did, sending it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.