Verse 19
Acts 8:19
New Living Translation
19
“Let me have this power, too,” he exclaimed, “so that when I lay my hands on people, they will receive the Holy Spirit!”
Original Language Text
greek
λέγων· Δότε κἀμοὶ τὴν ἐξουσίαν ταύτην ἵνα ᾧ ἐὰν ἐπιθῶ τὰς χεῖρας λαμβάνῃ πνεῦμα ἅγιον.
English Translation
Saying, "Give me also this authority, so that whoever I lay my hands on may receive the Holy Spirit."
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Chapter 8 Context
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Saul was one of the witnesses, and he agreed completely with the killing of Stephen. <b>Persecution...
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(Some devout men came and buried Stephen with great mourning.)
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But Saul was going everywhere to destroy the church. He went from house to house, dragging out both...
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But the believers who were scattered preached the Good News about Yashua (Jesus) wherever they went.
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Philip, for example, went to the city of Samaria and told the people there about the Messiah.
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Crowds listened intently to Philip because they were eager to hear his message and see the miraculou...
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Many evil spirits were cast out, screaming as they left their victims. And many who had been paralyz...
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So there was great joy in that city.
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A man named Simon had been a sorcerer there for many years, amazing the people of Samaria and claimi...
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Everyone, from the least to the greatest, often spoke of him as “the Great One — the Power of God (E...
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They listened closely to him because for a long time he had astounded them with his magic.
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But now the people believed Philip’s message of Good News concerning the Kingdom of God (Elohim) and...
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Then Simon himself believed and was baptized. He began following Philip wherever he went, and he was...
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14
When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that the people of Samaria had accepted God (Elohim)’s message,...
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As soon as they arrived, they prayed for these new believers to receive the Holy Spirit.
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The Holy Spirit had not yet come upon any of them, for they had only been baptized in the name of th...
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Then Peter and John laid their hands upon these believers, and they received the Holy Spirit.
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When Simon saw that the Spirit was given when the apostles laid their hands on people, he offered th...
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“Let me have this power, too,” he exclaimed, “so that when I lay my hands on people, they will recei...
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But Peter replied, “May your money be destroyed with you for thinking God (Elohim)’s gift can be bou...
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You can have no part in this, for your heart is not right with God (Elohim).
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Repent of your wickedness and pray to the Lord. Perhaps he will forgive your evil thoughts,
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for I can see that you are full of bitter jealousy and are held captive by sin.”
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“Pray to the Lord for me,” Simon exclaimed, “that these terrible things you’ve said won’t happen to...
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After testifying and preaching the word of the Lord in Samaria, Peter and John returned to Jerusalem...
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As for Philip, an angel of the Lord said to him, “Go south down the desert road that runs from Jerus...
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So he started out, and he met the treasurer of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under the Kanda...
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and he was now returning. Seated in his carriage, he was reading aloud from the book of the prophet...
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The Holy Spirit said to Philip, “Go over and walk along beside the carriage.”
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Philip ran over and heard the man reading from the prophet Isaiah. Philip asked, “Do you understand...
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The man replied, “How can I, unless someone instructs me?” And he urged Philip to come up into the c...
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The passage of Scripture he had been reading was this: “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter.<br...
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He was humiliated and received no justice.<br>Who can speak of his descendants?<br>For his life was...
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The eunuch asked Philip, “Tell me, was the prophet talking about himself or someone else?”
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So beginning with this same Scripture, Philip told him the Good News about Yashua (Jesus).
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As they rode along, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, “Look! There’s some water! Why can...
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He ordered the carriage to stop, and they went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.
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When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away. The eunuch never sa...
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Meanwhile, Philip found himself farther north at the town of Azotus. He preached the Good News there...
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