15 who went down and[a] prayed for them so that they would receive the Holy Spirit. 16 (For he had not yet fallen on any of them, but they had only been baptized[b] in the name of the Lord Jesus.) 17 Then they placed their[c] hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 8:15 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“went down”) has been translated as a finite verb
  2. Acts 8:16 Literally “but they were only having been baptized”
  3. Acts 8:17 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun

15 When they arrived, they prayed for the new believers there that they might receive the Holy Spirit,(A) 16 because the Holy Spirit had not yet come on any of them;(B) they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.(C) 17 Then Peter and John placed their hands on them,(D) and they received the Holy Spirit.(E)

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