Translations
Louis Segond 1910
Car il n'était encore descendu sur aucun d'eux; ils avaient seulement été baptisés au nom du Seigneur Jésus.
KJV
(For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)
(For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)
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Commentarii In Evangelium Joannis
ς ἐνσωματώσεως ἀσαφῶν, οἱονεὶ τὸν ἱμάντα τῶν ὑποδημάτων τυγχάνοντα. εἷς γὰρ 1 Ι Kor. 12, 4. - 2 Vgl. Act. 8, 16 ff. — 7 Vgl. Luk. 16, –9 Vgl. Job. 4, 2. — 10 Vgl. Act. 19, 2 ff. — 13 Vgl. Tit. 3, – 15 Vgl. Gen. 1, 2. — 19 Vgl. Mark. 1, 7. — 20 Matth. 3, 11. — 22 Mark. 1, 7. 1 ἐστ…
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…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
the apostles were not baptized again, but only received the imposition of hands; for it is written ( Acts 8:16,17 ) that some were "only baptized" by Philip "in the name of the Lord Jesus": then the apostles---namely, Peter and John---"laid their hands upon them, and they receive…
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