17 Then they placed their[a] hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit.

18 Now Simon, when he[b] saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, offered them money, 19 saying, “Give to me also this power, so that whomever I place my[c] hands on may receive the Holy Spirit!”

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 8:17 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
  2. Acts 8:18 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal
  3. Acts 8:19 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun