Acts 8:15 - English Majority Text Version 2009

¹⁵ who, coming down, prayed concerning them in order that they might receive the Holy Spirit.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ And they came down and prayed for them that the Samaritans might receive the Holy Spirit;

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁵ who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit:

Common English Bible

¹⁵ Peter and John went down to Samaria where they prayed that the new believers would receive the Holy Spirit. (

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ And when they had arrived, they prayed for them, so that they might receive the Holy Spirit.

Acts 8:15 Cross References

Matthew 18:19

Again, assuredly I say to you that if two of you agree on earth about anything that they may ask, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven.

Acts 19:2

[he] said to them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit, having believed?"So they said to him, "We have not even heard whether there is a Holy Spirit."

Acts 2:38

Then Peter said to them, "Repent, and let each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

1 Corinthians 14:13

Therefore let he that speaks in an [unknown] tongue pray that he may interpret.

Philippians 1:19

For I know that this will turn out for my deliverance through your prayer and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,