ACTs 8:17 Parallel Verse View

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ULT Then they were laying their hands on them, and they were receiving the Holy Spirit.

UST Then Peter and John placed their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

BSB Then [Peter and John] laid [their] hands on them, and they received [the] Holy Spirit.

BLB Then they began laying the hands upon them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

AICNT Then they laid their hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit.

OEB Then Peter and John placed their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

WEBBE Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Then Peter and John placed their hands on the Samaritans, and they received the Holy Spirit.

LSV then they were laying hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

FBV The apostles placed their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

TCNT Then Peter and John laid their hands on the Samaritan believers, and they received the Holy Spirit.

T4T Then Peter and John placed their hands on the heads of each person, and they received the power of [MTY] the Holy Spirit.

LEB No LEB ACTs book available

BBE Then they put their hands on them, and the Holy Spirit came on them.

Moff No Moff ACTs book available

Wymth Then the Apostles placed their hands upon them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

ASV Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

DRA Then they laid their hands upon them, and they received the Holy Ghost.

YLT then were they laying hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

Drby Then they laid their hands upon them, and they received [the] Holy Spirit.

RV Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.

SLT Then put they hands upon them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

Wbstr Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

KJB-1769 Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.

KJB-1611 Then layde they their hands on them, and they receiued the holy Ghost.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation)

Bshps No Bshps ACTs book available

Gnva Then layd they their handes on them, and they receiued the holy Ghost.
(Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the holy Ghost. )

Cvdl No Cvdl ACTs book available

TNT Then layde they their hondes on them and they receaved the holy goost.
(Then laid they their hands on them and they received the holy ghost. )

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ClVg Tunc imponebant manus super illos, et accipiebant Spiritum Sanctum.[fn]
(Then imponebant hands over those, and be_acceptedebant By_Spiritm Sanctum. )

8.17 Imponebant manus. BEDA. Philippus, qui Samariæ evangelizabat, unus de septem, etc., usque ad cum tradit Spiritum paracletum baptizatis.

8.17 Imponebant hands. BEDA. Philippus, who Samaria evangelizabat, one from/about seven, etc., until to when/with tradit By_Spiritm paracletum baptizatis.

UGNT τότε ἐπετίθεσαν τὰς χεῖρας ἐπ’ αὐτούς, καὶ ἐλάμβανον Πνεῦμα Ἅγιον.
(tote epetithesan tas ⱪeiras ep’ autous, kai elambanon Pneuma Hagion.)

SBL-GNT τότε ⸀ἐπετίθεσαν τὰς χεῖρας ἐπʼ αὐτούς, καὶ ἐλάμβανον πνεῦμα ἅγιον.
(tote ⸀epetithesan tas ⱪeiras epʼ autous, kai elambanon pneuma hagion.)

RP-GNT Τότε ἐπετίθουν τὰς χεῖρας ἐπ' αὐτούς, καὶ ἐλάμβανον πνεῦμα ἅγιον.
(Tote epetithoun tas ⱪeiras ep' autous, kai elambanon pneuma hagion.)

TC-GNT Τότε [fn]ἐπετίθουν τὰς χεῖρας ἐπ᾽ αὐτούς, καὶ ἐλάμβανον Πνεῦμα Ἅγιον.
(Tote epetithoun tas ⱪeiras ep autous, kai elambanon Pneuma Hagion. )

8:17 επετιθουν ¦ επετιθεσαν CT

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns

ἐπετίθεσαν τὰς χεῖρας ἐπ’ αὐτούς, καὶ ἐλάμβανον

˱they˲_˓were˒_laying_on their hands on them and ˱they˲_˓were˒_receiving

The first instance of the pronoun they stands for Peter and John, and the pronoun them and the second instance of they stand for the Samaritans. Alternate translation: [When Peter and John were laying their hands on the Samaritans, and the Samaritans were receiving]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / youdual

ἐπετίθεσαν

˱they˲_˓were˒_laying_on

Since this instance of the pronoun they stands for two men, it should be in the dual if your language uses that form. The same is true of “them” in [8:18](../08/18.md) and “they” and “the ones” in [8:25](../08/25.md).

Note 3 topic: translate-symaction

ἐπετίθεσαν τὰς χεῖρας ἐπ’ αὐτούς

˱they˲_˓were˒_laying_on their hands on them

Peter and John laying their hands on the Samaritans who had believed Philip’s message of the gospel was a symbolic action that showed that Peter and John wanted God to give the Holy Spirit to these believers. If there is a gesture with similar meaning in your culture, you could consider using it here in your translation.

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