As yet he was fallen upon none of them. — The same verb is used of the gift of the Spirit in Acts 10:44; Acts 11:15, and of Peter’s trance in Acts 10:10. It is manifestly used to express an unlooked-for change in a man’s normal state of consciousness, the sudden advent of new powers and feelings.
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Acts 8:16
16 (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)