Act 8:17 | NETfull | STEP | Then Peter and John placed their hands on the Samaritans, and they received the Holy Spirit.

Acts 8:17

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.}