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Verse Acts 8:17. _THEN LAID THEY_ THEIR _HANDS ON THEM_] Probably only
on some select persons, who were thought proper for public use in the
Church. They did not lay hands on _all_; for certainly no h...
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THEN LAID THEY THEIR HANDS ... - This was an act of “prayer,”
expressing an invocation to God that he would impart the blessing to
“them.” On “how many” they laid their hands is not said. It is
eviden...
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PART II
The Witness to Samaria.
Saul's Conversion and Peter's Witness in Caesarea.
Chapter s 8-12
CHAPTER 8
_ 1. The first great persecution (Acts 8:1)._
2. The preaching of the scattered believ...
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PETER AND SIMON. No more is heard of Philip at Samaria; the Jerusalem
apostles appear, represented by Peter and John, who have got over the
prohibition of Matthew 10:5. The baptism of Philip appears t...
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When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the
word of God, they despatched Peter and John to them. They came down
and prayed for them, so that they might receive the Holy Spirit,...
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THE FIRST OF THE MARTYRS (Acts 7:54-60 ; Acts 8:1)
8:1 As they listened to this their very hearts were torn with
vexation and they gnashed their teeth at him. But he was full of the
Holy Spirit and h...
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ON. upon. Greek. _epi._ App-104.
RECEIVED. were receiving, i.e. continuing to receive....
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_Then laid they their hands on them_ That there might be some outward
sign of this imparted grace. So Ananias (Acts 9:17) laid his hands on
Saul, and he received the Holy Ghost. But on Cornelius and h...
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ΤΌΤΕ ἘΠΕΤΊΘΕΣΑΝ Κ.Τ.Λ., _then they laid their hands
on them_, that there might be some outward sign of this imparted
grace. So Ananias (Acts 9:17) laid his hands on Saul, and he received
the Holy Ghos...
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PETER AND JOHN SENT DOWN TO SAMARIA. CONDUCT OF SIMON MAGUS...
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_THE CONVERSION OF THE SAMARITANS ACTS 8:5-25:_ Philip went to Samaria
and preached Christ and the gospel of His kingdom. (Acts 8:12) Signs
and wonders confirmed the message Philip preached. As the go...
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ΈΠΕΤΊΘΕΣΑΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΈΠΙΤΊΘΗΜΙ (G2007)
возлагать. Iterat. _impf._ подчеркивает
повторение действия (МТ, 67).
ΈΛΆΜΒΑΝΟΝ _impf. ind. act., см._ Acts 8:15....
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WHO, WHEN THEY WERE COME DOWN,— Hence it appears very probable, that
the Spirit, in some or other of his miraculous powers, had been
conferred upon all the Christian converts hitherto; and it was high...
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C.
THE WORK OF PETER AND JOHN. Acts 8:14-25.
I.
AT JERUSALEM. Acts 8:14
Acts 8:14
Now when the apostles that were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had
received the word of God, they sent unto them...
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See notes on verse 14...
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Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
THEN LAID THEY THEIR HANDS ON THEM, AND THEY RECEIVED THE HOLY
SPIRIT. While the prayer seems to have been one act [the verb is...
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4 We now enter the second cycle of the kingdom testimony. Jerusalem
and Judea have not heeded its proclamation. It is now offered to
Samaria, then it will go to the limits of the earth, and even to th...
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PHILIP IN SAMARIA. SIMON MAGUS
The graphic details of the ministry of Philip which follow, were
doubtless obtained from Philip himself. St. Luke stayed at his house
at Cæsarea, and made the acquaintan...
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GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE
ACTS
_MARION ADAMS_
CHAPTER 8
SAUL *PERSECUTES THE CHRISTIANS, 8:1-4
V1 Saul approved of Stephen’s murder. That same day, the Christians
in *Jerusalem suffered very much....
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THEN LAID THEY THEIR HANDS ON THEM. — The act had already appeared
as at once the symbol and the channel of the communication of
spiritual gifts and offices in the appointment of the Seven. (See Note...
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CHAPTER 18
THE APOSTLES AND CONFIRMATION.
Acts 8:14
IN the last chapter we noticed the work of Philip in Samaria, the
present one will deal with the mission of the Apostles Peter and John
to comple...
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There cannot be any reason to doubt the validity of St. Philip's
baptism, and it is therefore evident that the laying on of hands
(_cf._ Acts 19:6) is here distinct from baptism, and also from the
app...
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CONFIRMING NEW BELIEVERS
Acts 8:14-25
Simon attracted people to _himself;_ he posed as a man of power and
mystery. The gospel fixes our thoughts exclusively upon _Jesus._ We
preach Him as Lord, and o...
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The popular outburst against Christianity evidenced in the martyrdom
of Stephen was general. Members of the Church at Jerusalem were
scattered throughout Judea and Samaria. How dark the day seemed to...
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Simon's Sin
When the apostles heard of the events in Samaria, they sent Peter and
John to the city. Theophilus may well have remembered that John and
his brother, James, had asked the Lord if they sho...
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_They received the Holy Ghost. Not but that they had received the
grace of the Holy Ghost at their baptism; but not that plentitude of
grace, and those gifts, which they received from bishops in the
s...
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EVANGELIZATION OF SAMARIA
5-25. Philip, a bright, uncultured layman, sanctified in the
Pentecostal revival, _“filled with the Spirit and wisdom,”_
rendering him eligible to the office of deacon, was t...
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_“Then they laid hands on them, and they continued to receive the
Holy Ghost.”_ Why the church has utterly ignored this positive,
clear and unequivocal Apostolical precedent, confirmatory of the
secon...
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But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the
same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving
out that himself was some great one: (10) To whom they all gave h...
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We are now arrived at a turning-point in the history, not merely of
the church, but of the unfolding of the truth of God, and the
manifestation of His ways. The death of Stephen, therefore, has in
var...
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_THE FIRST CONFIRMATION_
‘Then laid they their hands upon them, and they received the Holy
Ghost.’
Acts 8:17
This passage has a particular interest for us, because it is the first
instance of what...
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17._When they had laid their hands. _The laying on of hands followeth
prayers, whereby they testify that the grace of the Spirit is not
included in the external ceremony, which they crave humbly at th...
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Saul was present at Stephen's death, and consenting to it. [14] This
is the end of the first phase of the assembly of God its history in
immediate connection with Jerusalem and the Jews, as the centre...
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THEN LAID THEY THEIR HANDS ON THEM,.... The Ethiopic version adds,
"who had been baptized"; but not upon all of them, men and women, only
on some they were directed unto by the Spirit of God; whom he...
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_When the apostles heard that Samaria_ That the inhabitants of that
country, or of the chief city thereof; _had received the word of God_
By faith; being desirous that these new converts should be fur...
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Special gifts of the Holy Spirit:...
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THEN LAID THEY THEIR HANDS ON THEM, AND THEY RECEIVED THE HOLY GHOST.
The apostles never undertook to exercise hierarchical powers and to
assume a jurisdiction which they did not possess. But they had...
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As a wild beast tasting blood, the Jews were the more inflamed by the
martyrdom of Stephen to greatly persecute the Church of God at
Jerusalem. For this reason believers were scattered through Judea a...
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THEN THEY LAID HANDS ON THEM, AND THEY RECEIVED THE HOLY SPIRIT.
1. Peter and John laid hands on them - that is imparted to them the
ability to work some spiritual gift.
2. The received the miraculo...
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Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
Point to Note:
Consider the simplicity of the above text. The apostles prayed for
these Christians and then laid their hands on...
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14-25 The Holy Ghost was as yet fallen upon none of these coverts, in
the extraordinary powers conveyed by the descent of the Spirit upon
the day of Pentecost. We may take encouragement from this exa...
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That this laying on of the hands of the apostles was not intended here
as any rite whereby the apostles did confirm some, or ordain others,
seems evident from the context. THEY RECEIVED THE HOLY GHOST...
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Theophilus to Autolycus Book I
r house is beautiful and serviceable when it has not been anointed?
And what man, when he enters into this life or into the gymnasium, is
not anointed with oil? And what...
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Acts 8:17 Then G5119 laid G2007 (G5707) hands G5495 on G1909 them G846
and G2532 received G2983 ...
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‘Now when the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had
received the word of God, they sent to them Peter and John, who, when
they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive...
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THE CONTINUING MINISTRY OF PETER (9:32-11:18).
In preparing for the Gentile ministry of Paul, a preparation which has
included what we have just considered concerning his conversion and
ministry to Je...
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Acts 8:15-17. On the whole question of this laying on of the apostles'
hands in Samaria, see the Excursus at the end of this chapter....
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LAID THEY THEIR HANDS
(επετιθεσαν τας χειρας). Imperfect active,
repetition. The laying on of hands did not occur at the great
Pentecost (Acts 2:4; Acts 2:33) nor in Acts 4:31;...
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Acts 8:4. _Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where
preaching the word. Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and
preached Christ unto them. And the people with one accord ga...
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Stephen had been stoned to death; but with his latest breath he prayed
for his murderers. Then this chapter begins:
Acts 8:1. _And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time
there was a gre...
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CONTENTS: Saul persecuting Christians. The first missionaries. The
case of Simon, the sorcerer. Philip and the Ethiopian.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Saul, Stephen, Philip, Simon,
apostles,...
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Acts 8:1. _At that time there was a great persecution against the
church._ With regard to this very tremendous storm which suddenly
burst on the infant church, Cardinal Baronius, in his Ecclesiastical...
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THEY PRAYED FOR THE BELIEVERS. That the Spirit might come down on
them. The "gifts of the Spirit" are not the same as the "Spirit as a
gift." These had already been born of water and the Spirit (John...
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_Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy
Ghost._
CONFIRMATION
According to--
I. Its origin. No sacramental institution of our Lord, but a
time-honoured ordinance of the Churc...
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_Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had
received the Word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John._
THE FIRST CHURCH VISITATION
I. The occasion. There is--
1. Chris...
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_But there was a certain man called Simon _
SIMON THE MAGIAN UNMASKED AND PUT TO SHAME
This Simon was the first heretic in the Christian Church, the first to
claim its fellowship while out of sympat...
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 8:17 THEY RECEIVED THE HOLY SPIRIT. The Lord
waited to demonstrate the full power of the Holy Spirit (vv. Acts
8:15) until some of the apostles themselves could be pres
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_CRITICAL REMARKS_
Acts 8:14. SENT.—The mission of the two apostles, Peter and John, is
not said to have had as its motive the imparting of the Holy Spirit to
the Samaritans (Holtzmann), although thi...
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EXPOSITION
ACTS 8:1
_There arose on that day _for _at that time there was, _A.V._; in _for
_at, _A.V. SAUL WAS CONSENTING TO HIS DEATH. St. Paul's repeated
reference to this sad episode in his life i...
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We are introduced now to one of the chief persecutors. A zealous young
Jew, a Pharisee of the Pharisees, whose name is Saul. And he was
standing by, consenting to the death of Stephen, holding the coa...
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1 Timothy 4:14; 1 Timothy 5:22; 2 Timothy 1:6; Acts 13:3; Acts 19:6;...
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PHILIP THE EVANGELIST
Acts 8:10
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
Philip was a man mighty in word and in deed. He wrought miracles and
preached Christ, The people may have talked and marveled at the many
palsied a...