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Acts 8:15Acts.8.15

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

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Greek original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Ceux-ci, arrivés chez les Samaritains, prièrent pour eux, afin qu'ils reçussent le Saint-Esprit.

KJV

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

Patristic reading

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  • Theodulf of Orleans

    The Book on the Order of Baptism to Magnus of Sens

    the name of the Lord Jesus. Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit" (Acts 8:14-17). Finally, it should be understood that just as the other sacraments of baptism are visibly performed by priests but invisibly consecrated by God, the grace of the Hol…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 130 (Migne)

    ] tantum in nomine Domini Jesu. Tunc imponebant manus super illos, et accipiebant Spiritum sanctum (Act. VIII, 14-17) .» Non ergo, ut jam dictum est, aliquem ex septuaginta, licet pauci essent apostoli ad hoc opus perficiendum, direxerunt, sed Petrum et Joannem apostolos per man…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 186 (Migne)

    tum erant in nomine Domini Jesu. Tunc imponebant manus super ipsos, et accipiebant Spiritum sanctum (Act. VIII, 15) . CAPUT XII. Sicut in martyrio, in fide aliquando salus sine baptismo. Non ergo baptismum, sed Spiritum sanctum per fidem comitatur justitia atque salus; ex m…

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