Acts 8:19
Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.
KJV
λέγων, δότε κἀμοὶ τὴν ἐξουσίαν ταύτην ἵνα ᾧ ἐὰν ἐπιθῶ τὰς χεῖρας λαμβάνῃ πνεῦμα ἅγιον.
Greek NT
dicens : Date et mihi hanc potestatem, ut cuicumque imposuero manus, accipiat Spiritum Sanctum. Petrus autem dixit ad eum :
Vulgate
saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay my hands, he may receive the Holy Spirit.
ASV
Saying: Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I shall lay my hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost. But Peter said to him:
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
δίδωμι
didomi
verb · 414×
κἀγώ
kago
pronoun · 85×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
λαμβάνω
lambano
verb · 259×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
πνεῦμα
pneuma
noun · 379×
χείρ
cheir
noun · 175×
ἅγιος
agios
adjective · 233×
ἐάν
ean
conditional · 333×
ἐξουσία
exousia
noun · 102×
ἐπιτίθημι
epitithemi
verb · 39×
ἵνα
ina
conjunction · 665×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Catechism of the Catholic Church · 2 passages
§699The hand. Jesus heals the sick and blesses little children by laying hands on them.51 In his name the apostles will do the same.52 Even more pointedly, it is by the Apostles' imposition of hands that the Holy Spirit is given.53 The Letter to the Hebrews lists the imposition of hands among the "fundamental elements" of its teaching.54 The Church has kept this sign of the all-pow…
§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
- 3John 1:9 — I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.
- John 5:44 — How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?
- Luke 6:45 — A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the
- Luke 14:7 — And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them,
- Luke 14:33 — So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
- Matt 18:1 — At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?
- Prov 1:19 — So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.