That they might receive (οπως λαβωσιν). Second aorist active subjunctive of λαμβανω, final clause with οπως. Did they wish the Sam…

Were come down. To Samaria. Jerusalem was generally represented as up, or higher than the rest of the land ([Reference M…

Prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost.—The prayer clearly pointed to such a gift of the power of the Spirit as had been …

But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men an…

When Peter and John arrived, they prayed for the Samaritan converts, laid their hands on them, and “they received the Holy Spirit.” Before this, Lu…

They prayed. Undoubtedly they taught first, for we know that they were not mute; but Luke passes over what was common to them and Philip, …

Who when they were come down
To the city of Samaria, where Philip was, and these converts dwelt:

The Holy Spirit had not yet fallen upon any of these converts with the extraordinary powers conveyed by the Spirit's descent on the day of Pentecos…