Acts 8:15
Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost:
KJV
οἵτινες καταβάντες προσηύξαντο περὶ αὐτῶν ὅπως λάβωσιν πνεῦμα ἅγιον·
Greek NT
Qui cum venissent, oraverunt pro ipsis ut acciperent Spiritum Sanctum :
Vulgate
who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit:
ASV
Who, when they were come, prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Ghost.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
9 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
καταβαίνω
katabaino
verb · 78×
λαμβάνω
lambano
verb · 259×
περί
peri
preposition · 335×
πνεῦμα
pneuma
noun · 379×
προσεύχομαι
proseuchomai
verb · 85×
ἅγιος
agios
adjective · 233×
ὅπως
opos
adverb · 53×
ὅστις
ostis
relative_pronoun · 146×
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Catechism of the Catholic Church · 2 passages
§1288"From that time on the apostles, in fulfillment of Christ's will, imparted to the newly baptized by the laying on of hands the gift of the Spirit that completes the grace of Baptism. For this reason in the Letter to the Hebrews the doctrine concerning Baptism and the laying on of hands is listed among the first elements of Christian instruction. the imposition of hands is right…
§2121Simony is defined as the buying or selling of spiritual things.53 To Simon the magician, who wanted to buy the spiritual power he saw at work in the apostles, St. Peter responded: "Your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain God's gift with money!"54 Peter thus held to the words of Jesus: "You received without pay, give without pay."55 It is impossible to …
Cross-references
- Acts 2:38 — Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
- Acts 2:38 — Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
- Acts 13:3 — And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
- Acts 19:2 — He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.
- Gal 3:2 — This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
- John 16:23 — And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.
- John 20:22 — And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:
- Rom 1:11 — For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;