Acts 8:16
“(For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)”
Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:
Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost:
(For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)
Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
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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Related Verses
“When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.”
“Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.”
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“And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.”
“But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.”