Verse 19
Acts 8:19
American Standard Version
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saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay my hands, he may 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."
AI translation from greek via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 8 Context
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And Saul was consenting unto his death. And there arose on that day a great persecution against the...
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And devout men buried Stephen, and made great lamentation over him.
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But Saul laid waste the church, entering into every house, and dragging men and women committed them...
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They therefore that were scattered abroad, went about preaching the word.
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And Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and proclaimed unto them the Christ.
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And the multitudes gave heed with one accord unto the things that were spoken by Philip, when they h...
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For [from] many of those that had unclean spirits, they came out, crying with a loud voice: and many...
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And there was much joy in that city.
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But there was a certain man, Simon by name, who beforetime in the city used sorcery, and amazed the...
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to whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is that power of God (E...
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And they gave heed to him, because that of long time he had amazed them with his sorceries.
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But when they believed Philip preaching good tidings concerning the kingdom of God (Elohim) and the...
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And Simon also himself believed: and being baptized, he continued with Philip; and beholding signs a...
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Now when the apostles that were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God (Elohim...
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who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit:
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for as yet it was fallen upon none of them: only they had been baptized into the name of the Lord Ya...
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Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
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Now when Simon saw that through the laying on of the apostles` hands the Holy Spirit was given, he o...
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saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay my hands, he may receive the Holy Spirit.
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But Peter said unto him, Thy silver perish with thee, because thou hast thought to obtain the gift o...
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Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right before God (Elohim).
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Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray the Lord, if perhaps the thought of thy heart shal...
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For I see that thou art in the gall of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity.
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And Simon answered and said, Pray ye for me to the Lord, that none of the things which ye have spoke...
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They therefore, when they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and...
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But an angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that...
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And he arose and went: and behold, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace, que...
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and he was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah.
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And the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.
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And Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, Understandest thou what t...
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And he said, How can I, except some one shall guide me? And he besought Philip to come up and sit wi...
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Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaught...
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In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: His generation who shall declare? For his life is ta...
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And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself...
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And Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture, preached unto him Yashua (Jesus).
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And as they went on the way, they came unto a certain water; and the eunuch saith, Behold, [here is]...
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[And Philip said, If thou believest with all thy heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I bel...
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And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they both went down into the water, both Philip and...
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And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip; and the eunuch sa...
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But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached the gospel to all the cities, till h...
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