Acts 8:17

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

Ver. 17. Then laid they their hands on them] After the manner of the priests, who laid their hands on the beast that was to be sacrificed, and so consecrated them to God.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Then laid they their hands ... - This was an act of “prayer,” expressing an invocation to God that he would impart the blessing to “them.” On “ho...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Peter and Simon. No more is heard of Philip at Samaria; the Jerusalem apostles appear, represented by Peter and John, who have got over the prohibi...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

on . upon. Greek. epi. App-104. received . were receiving, i.e. continuing to receive.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

17. When they had laid their hands. The laying on of hands followeth prayers, whereby they testify that the grace of the Spirit is not inclu...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost. Then laid they their hands on them - Probably only on some select persons, wh...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Who, when they were come down,— Hence it appears very probable, that the Spirit, in some or other of his miraculous powers, had been conferred upon...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost. Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit....
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Philip in Samaria. Simon Magus The graphic details of the ministry of Philip which follow, were doubtless obtained from Philip himself. St. Luke s...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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The popular outburst against Christianity evidenced in the martyrdom of Stephen was general. Members of the Church at Jerusalem were scattered throug...
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But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himse...
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THE FIRST CONFIRMATION ‘Then laid they their hands upon them, and they received the Holy Ghost.’ Acts 8:17 This passage has a particular int...
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Then laid they their hands on them ,.... The Ethiopic version adds, "who had been baptized"; but not upon all of them, men and women, only on some t...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

When the apostles heard that Samaria That the inhabitants of that country, or of the chief city thereof; had received the word of God By faith; b...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

As a wild beast tasting blood, the Jews were the more inflamed by the martyrdom of Stephen to greatly persecute the Church of God at Jerusalem. For t...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Account of Simon Magus. 14 Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem hear...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

That this laying on of the hands of the apostles was not intended here as any rite whereby the apostles did confirm some, or ordain others, seems evi...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wells of Living Water Commentary

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¹⁷ Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.

Related Commentaries of Acts 8:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

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