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Acts 8:16

Acts 8:16
(For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

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…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

He was fallen - This expression is several times applied to the Holy Spirit, Act 10:44; Act 11:15. It does not differ materially from the common expression, “The Holy Spirit descended.” It means that…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Acts 8:14-25

God had wonderfully owned Philip in his work as an evangelist at Samaria, but he could do no more than an evangelist; there were some peculiar powers reserved to the apostles, for the keeping up of…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

they were baptized in[into] the name, &c. The preposition, which is the same that is used by Christ (Mat 28:19) at the institution of the Sacrament, implies the tie by which the new converts are in…