American Standard Version
Acts 8:19
19saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay my hands, he may receive the Holy Spirit.
Acts 8:19 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.
- New International Version (NIV)and said, “Give me also this ability so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)saying, "Give me this power also, so that anyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit."
- New King James Version (NKJV)saying, “Give me this power also, that anyone on whom I lay hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”
Context of Acts 8:19
17Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit. 18Now when Simon saw that through the laying on of the apostles’ hands the Holy Spirit was given, he offered them money, saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay my hands, he may receive the Holy Spirit. 20But Peter said unto him, Thy silver perish with thee, because thou hast thought to obtain the gift of God with money. 21Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right before God.
Read all of Acts 8Acts 8:19 word by word
λέγων· δότε κἀμοὶ τὴν ἐξουσίαν ταύτην, ἵνα ᾧ ἐὰν ἐπιθῶ τὰς χεῖρας λαμβάνῃ πνεῦμα ἅγιον.Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Acts 8:19
- Acts 8:9But there was a certain man, Simon by name, who beforetime in the city used sorcery, and amazed the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:
- Matthew 18:1In that hour came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?
- Luke 14:7And he spake a parable unto those that were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief seats; saying unto them,
- John 5:44How can ye believe, who receive glory one of another, and the glory that cometh from the only God ye seek not?
- 1 Corinthians 15:8and last of all, as to the child untimely born, he appeared to me also.
- 3 John 1:9I wrote somewhat unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.
Commentaries on Acts 8:19
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-25Verses 14-25 The Holy Ghost was as yet fallen upon none of these coverts, in the extraordinary powers conveyed by the descent of the Spirit upon the day of Pentecost. We may take encouragement from this example, in praying to God to give the renewing graces of the Holy Ghost to all for whose spiritual welfare we are concerned; for that includes all blessings. No man can give the Holy Spirit by the laying on of his hands; but we should use our best…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-24Simon the sorcerer performed magic and amazed the people of Samaria. He boasted that he was someone great. Simon tried to buy spiritual power. The later corrupt practice of buying and selling positions of leadership in the church was called simony. This term refers to the corrupt practice of buying and selling church leadership positions (see 1 Timothy 6:9–10). Peter strongly criticized Simon's evil intentions and actions.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 18-2418-24. offered them money--Hence the term simony, to denote trafficking in sacred things, but chiefly the purchase of ecclesiastical offices.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Acts 8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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