Acts 8:19 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

¹⁹ saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁹ saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁹ Saying, Grant me also this power and authority, in order that anyone on whom I place my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁹ saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay my hands, he may receive the Holy Spirit.

Common English Bible

¹⁹ He said, “Give me this authority too so that anyone on whom I lay my hands will receive the Holy Spirit.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁹ saying, "Give this power to me also, so that on whomever I will lay my hands, he may receive the Holy Spirit." But Peter said to him:

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁹ 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:

Acts 8:19 Cross References

John 5:44

How can ye believe, which receive honor one of another, and seek not the honor that cometh from God only?

Acts 8:17

Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.

Acts 8:18

And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,

Acts 8:20

But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.

3 John 1:9

I wrote unto the church: but Diot´re-phes, who loveth to have the pre-eminence among them, receiveth us not.