Acts 8:15 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁵ Who, when they were come, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost.

Acts 8:15 Cross References

Matthew 18:19

Again I say unto you, that if two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.

Acts 19:2

and he said unto them, Did ye receive the Holy Ghost when ye believed? And they said unto him, Nay, we did not so much as hear whether the Holy Ghost was given.

Acts 2:38

And Peter said unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

1 Corinthians 14:13

Wherefore let him that speaketh in a tongue pray that he may interpret.

Philippians 1:19

For I know that this shall turn to my salvation, through your supplication and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,