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for as yet he had fallen on none of them. They had only been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.
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Two Works of the Holy Spirit
Commentators overwhelmingly agree that the Samaritans had already received the Holy Spirit for salvation and regeneration. The experience they were waiting for was a second, distinct work of the Spirit: the impartation of extraordinary, miraculous gifts (like prophecy or speaking in tongues) that served as a public sign of God's approval and power in the early church. They were already saved, but had not yet received these special, visible endowments.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
He was fallen. This expression is several times applied to the Holy Spirit (Acts 10:44; Acts 11:15). It does not d…
He was fallen (ην επιπεπτωκος). Periphrastic past perfect active of επιπιπτω, old verb. The participle is neuter here because of t…
19th Century
Anglican
As yet he was fallen upon none of them.—The same verb is used of the gift of the Spirit in Acts 10:44;[Reference Acts 11:…
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Baptist
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…
16th Century
Protestant
But here a question arises, for he says that they were only baptized into the name of Christ, and that therefore they had not yet received the Holy…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
(For as yet he was fallen upon none of them They had received him as a spirit of illumination and sanctification, an…
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…