Acts 8:15
“Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost:”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
(For as yet he was fallen upon none of them,.... They had received him as a spirit of illumination and sanctification,…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Were come down - To Samaria. Jerusalem was generally represented as “up,” or “higher” than the rest of the land, Mat…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
When they were come down - The very same mode of speaking, in reference to Jerusalem formerly, obtains now in reference…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Acts 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;…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
who, when they were come down, &c. It is clear from the whole history that the special gift of the Holy Ghost, bestowed…
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