Acts 8:17
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.”
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.
χείρ
hands
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χείρ
Hand. Cheir. Into Your hands I commit my spirit. The hands that made the universe were the hands that were nailed to the cross. He gave everything including His hands.
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τότε
Then
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τότε
the when, i.e. at the time that (of the past or future, also in consecution)
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λαμβάνω
they were receiving
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λαμβάνω
while G138 (αἱρέομαι) is more violent, to seize or remove))
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ἐπιτίθημι
they were laying
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ἐπιτίθημι
to impose (in a friendly or hostile sense)
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