Act 8:15-17 | NETfull | STEP | These two went down and prayed for them so that they would receive the Holy Spirit.

Acts 8:15-17

15 These two ^{▼▼ Grk “who.” The relative pronoun was replaced by the phrase “these two” and a new sentence was begun in the translation at this point to improve the English style.} went down and prayed for them so that they would receive the Holy Spirit. 16 (For the Spirit ^{▼▼ Grk “For he”; the referent (the Spirit) has been specified in the translation for clarity.} had not yet come upon ^{▼▼ Or “fallen on.”} any of them, but they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.) ^{▼▼ This is a parenthetical note by the author.} 17 Then Peter and John placed their hands on the Samaritans, ^{▼▼ Grk “on them”; the referent (the Samaritans) has been specified in the translation for clarity.} and they received the Holy Spirit. ^{▼▼ They received the Holy Spirit. It is likely this special distribution of the Spirit took place because a key ethnic boundary was being crossed. Here are some of “those far off” of Acts 2:38–40.}