Acts 8:14-16

Context

8:14 Now when the apostles in Jerusalem¹ heard that Samaria had accepted the word² of God, they sent³ Peter and John to them. 8:15 These two⁴ went down and prayed for them so that they would receive the Holy Spirit. 8:16 (For the Spirit⁵ had not yet come upon⁶ any of them, but they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)⁷

[8:14] ¹map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[8:14] ²tn Or “message.”

[8:14] ³sn They sent. The Jerusalem church with the apostles was overseeing the expansion of the church, as the distribution of the Spirit indicates in vv. 15-17.

[8:15] ⁴tn 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.

[8:16] ⁵tn Grk “For he”; the referent (the Spirit) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:16] ⁶tn Or “fallen on.”

[8:16] ⁷sn This is a parenthetical note by the author.