Laid they their hands (επετιθεσαν τας χειρας). Imperfect active, repetition. The laying on of hands did not occur at the great Pen…

Then laid they their hands, etc. This was an act of prayer, expressing an invocation to God that he would impart the blessing to …

Then laid they their hands on them.—The act had already appeared as both the symbol and the channel for the communication…

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…

When they had laid their hands. The laying on of hands follows prayers, by which they testify that the grace of the Spirit is not included…

Then laid they their hands on them
The Ethiopic version adds, "who had been baptized"; but not upon all of them, men…

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…