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Acts 8:18

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

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Acts 8:18 in other translations

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

Acts 8:18 · World English Bible

Acts 8:18 in context

  1. 16for as yet it was fallen upon none of them: only they had been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.
  2. 17Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
  3. 18Now when Simon saw that through the laying on of the apostles’ hands the Holy Spirit was given, he offered them money,
  4. 19saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay my hands, he may receive the Holy Spirit.
  5. 20But Peter said unto him, Thy silver perish with thee, because thou hast thought to obtain the gift of God with money.