Acts 8:19 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁹ saying, “Give me also this power so that anyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”

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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 you believe when you accept glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the one who alone is God?

Acts 8:17

Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

Acts 8:18

Now when Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money,

Acts 8:20

But Peter said to him, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain God’s gift with money!

3 John 1:9

I have written something to the church, but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not welcome us.