Acts 8:15
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost:”
προσεύχομαι
To pray, to make supplication. Proseuchomai. Pray without ceasing. Prayer is not a scheduled activity. It is the ongoing conversation of a heart in relationship with God.
πνεῦμα
Spirit
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πνεῦμα
Spirit, breath, wind. Pneuma. God is Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity, God living inside every believer. He leads guides comforts and empowers.
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λαμβάνω
they may receive the
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λαμβάνω
while G138 (αἱρέομαι) is more violent, to seize or remove))
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καταβαίνω
having come down
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καταβαίνω
to descend (literally or figuratively)
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