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15 These two[a] went down and prayed for them so that they would receive the Holy Spirit. 16 (For the Spirit[b] had not yet come upon[c] any of them, but they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)[d] 17 Then Peter and John placed their hands on the Samaritans,[e] and they received the Holy Spirit.[f]

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 8:15 tn 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.
  2. Acts 8:16 tn Grk “For he”; the referent (the Spirit) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  3. Acts 8:16 tn Or “fallen on.”
  4. Acts 8:16 sn This is a parenthetical note by the author.
  5. Acts 8:17 tn Grk “on them”; the referent (the Samaritans) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  6. Acts 8:17 sn 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.