Acts Chapter 8 verse 18 Holy Bible
Now when Simon saw that through the laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Spirit was given, he offered them money,
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Now when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the touch of the Apostles' hands, he made them an offering of money, saying,
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But Simon, having seen that by the laying on of the hands of the apostles the [Holy] Spirit was given, offered them money,
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And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,
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Now when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money,
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And Simon, having beheld that through the laying on of the hands of the apostles, the Holy Spirit is given, brought before them money,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 18. - Now for and, A.V.; the laying for laying, A.V. Ver, 19. - My hands for hands, A.V. Would to God that spiritual powers in the Church had never been prostituted to base purposes of worldly gain, and that all the servants of Christ had shown themselves as superior to "filthy lucre" as Peter and Elisha were! But the particular offence called simony has but a very faint analogy to the act of Simon.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(18, 19) When Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands. . . .--The words imply that the result was something visible and conspicuous. A change was wrought; and men spoke with tongues and prophesied. To the sorcerer, accustomed to charms and incantations, the men who were in possession of this power would seem to be enchanters with a higher knowledge than his own, and he who had purchased many such secrets, after the manner of the time (comp. Acts 19:19), from previous masters in the magic art, thought that this might be obtained in the same way. The act thus recorded has given its name to a large class of offences in ecclesiastical jurisprudence, and the sin of Simony in all its forms, the act of purchasing spiritual powers and functions, perpetuates the infamy of the magician of Samaria.
