Acts 8:18 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁸ Now when Simon saw that through the laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ However, when Simon saw that the [Holy] Spirit was imparted through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he brought money and offered it to them,

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ Now when Simon saw that through the laying on of the apostles’ hands the Holy Spirit was given, he offered them money,

Common English Bible

¹⁸ When Simon perceived that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ But when Simon had seen that, by the imposition of the hands of the Apostles, the Holy Spirit was given, he offered them money,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ And when Simon saw, that by the imposition of the hands of the apostles, the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,

Acts 8:18 Cross References

2 Kings 8:9

So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels' burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Ben-hadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this sickness.

Ezekiel 13:19

And ye have profaned me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hearken unto lies.

Matthew 10:8

Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out devils: freely ye received, freely give.

Acts 8:17

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

Acts 8:19

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

1 Timothy 6:5

wranglings of men corrupted in mind and bereft of the truth, supposing that godliness is a way of gain.