Acts 8:17

8:17 Then Peter and John placed their hands on the Samaritans, ¹  and they received the Holy Spirit. ² 

Acts 8:19

8:19 saying, “Give me this power ³  too, so that everyone I place my hands on may receive the Holy Spirit.”

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¹ tn Grk “on them”; the referent (the Samaritans) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² sn 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.

³ tn Or “ability”; Grk “authority.”