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Peter and John laying hands on two believers' shoulders in prayer.
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Acts 8:14-17

Peter and John Pray

Good News on the Road · Acts 8

Story guide: Peter and John pray and lay hands on Samaritan believers. The pictured believers and courtyard are reconstruction; no invented fire, glow or bodily image represents the Holy Spirit.

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14When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them,

15who came down and prayed for them so that they might receive the Holy Spirit.

16For he had not yet fallen upon any of them; they had only been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.

17Then they laid their hands on them, and they were receiving the Holy Spirit.

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