Acts 8:17

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

Then Peter and John placed their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

Then they began laying their hands on them, and they were receiving the Holy Spirit.

Then Peter and John laid their hands upon these believers, and they received the Holy Spirit.

Then the apostles laid their hands on them and they did receive the Holy Spirit.

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

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

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

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

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.