Acts 8:17 — Bible Verse (KJV)

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

Acts 8:17 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Acts 8:17 in 6 Bible Translations

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Acts 8:17 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.”

Acts 8:17 — World English Bible

Acts 8:17 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit. ”

Acts 8:17 — American Standard Version

Acts 8:17 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“then were they laying hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.”

Acts 8:17 — Young's Literal Translation

Acts 8:17 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Then they laid their hands upon them, and they received [the] Holy Spirit. ”

Acts 8:17 — Darby Translation

Acts 8:17 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Then layd they their handes on them, and they receiued the holy Ghost.”

Acts 8:17 — Geneva Bible

Acts 8:17 in Context — Acts 8

15 Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost:

16 (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)

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

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

19 Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.

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What Does Acts 8:17 Mean?

Acts 8:17 is a verse from the Book of Acts, part of the New Testament. It appears in Acts chapter 8. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Greek.

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