Acts 8:17
Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
Then layde they their hands on them, and they receiued the holy Ghost.
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17And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost.
17And Ananias went his way, and entred into the house, and putting his hands on him, said, Brother Saul, the Lord ( euen Iesus that appeared vnto thee in the way as thou camest) hath sent me, that thou mightest receiue thy sight, and be filled with the holy Ghost.
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- Galatians 3:2–5Rank 13 from verse 17
2This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
3Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?
4Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain.
5He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
2This onely would I learne of you, receiued ye the spirit, by the works of the Law, or by the hearing of faith?
3Are ye so foolish? hauing begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?
4Haue ye suffered ‖so many things in vaine? if it be yet in vaine.
5He therfore that ministreth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the workes of the Law, or by the hearing of faith?
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Acts 8:17
Sense 1: Placed, set, put down, deposited, arranged, established, founded, imposed, applied, stored, buried, or overlaid. Sense 2: Reclined or brought to rest.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: The end parts of the arms used for holding and working. Sense 2: Figures of power, possession, agency, or aid.
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1. At, upon, or in contact with the named place, object, side, or time. 2. Toward, against, concerning, depending upon, or directed to the named person or thing. 3. Forward or continuing; in joined expressions such as go on, put on, and lay hold on, the other words supply the particular action.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
Past-tense or past-participial form of receive (to take, accept, admit, welcome, or obtain).
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Sense 1: Morally pure, righteous, undefiled, and separate from evil; supremely so of God. Sense 2: Hallowed, consecrated, set apart, devoted, or belonging to God or sacred use; distinguished from what is common, profane, or unclean.
Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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Holy Ghost
The divine Spirit of God, also called the Spirit of truth and the Comforter.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
Sense 1: A spirit. Sense 2: In the title Holy Ghost, the divine Spirit of God. Sense 3: The life or spirit yielded up at death, in the expression to give or yield up the ghost.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
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16(For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)
16(For as yet hee was fallen vpon none of them: onely they were baptized in the Name of the Lord Iesus.)
17Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
17Then layde they their hands on them, and they receiued the holy Ghost.
Selected passage18And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles’ hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,
18And when Simon saw that through laying on of the Apostles hands, the holy Ghost was giuen, hee offered them money,