Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Acts 8:15
The Holy Ghost — In his miraculous gifts? Or his sanctifying graces? Probably in both.
The Holy Ghost — In his miraculous gifts? Or his sanctifying graces? Probably in both.
Verse Acts 8:15. _WHEN THEY WERE COME DOWN_] The very same mode of speaking, in reference to _Jerusalem_ formerly, obtains now in reference to _London_. The metropolis in both cases is considered as...
WERE COME DOWN - To Samaria. Jerusalem was generally represented as “up,” or “higher” than the rest of the land, Matthew 20:18; John 7:8. PRAYED FOR THEM - They sought at the hand of God the extraordi...
PART II The Witness to Samaria. Saul's Conversion and Peter's Witness in Caesarea. Chapter s 8-12 CHAPTER 8 _ 1. The first great persecution (Acts 8:1)._ 2. The preaching of the scattered believ...
PETER AND SIMON. No more is heard of Philip at Samaria; the Jerusalem apostles appear, represented by Peter and John, who have got over the prohibition of Matthew 10:5. The baptism of Philip appears t...
THE FIRST OF THE MARTYRS (Acts 7:54-60 ; Acts 8:1) 8:1 As they listened to this their very hearts were torn with vexation and they gnashed their teeth at him. But he was full of the Holy Spirit and h...
When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they despatched Peter and John to them. They came down and prayed for them, so that they might receive the Holy Spirit,...
PRAYED. Greek. _proseuchomai._ App-134. FOR. concerning. Greek. _peri_, as in Acts 8:12. THE HOLY GHOST. holy spirit. Greek. _pneuma hagion._ No article. App-101....
_who, when they were come down_, &c. It is clear from the whole history that the special gift of the Holy Ghost, bestowed at this period on the Christian converts in various places, was not given exce...
PETER AND JOHN SENT DOWN TO SAMARIA. CONDUCT OF SIMON MAGUS...
ΚΑΤΑΒΆΝΤΕΣ, _when they were come down_. Used often of leaving Jerusalem, the centre of all religious life, to go into other parts. So the contrary verb ἀναβαίνειν is employed (Luke 2:42) to describe t...
_THE CONVERSION OF THE SAMARITANS ACTS 8:5-25:_ Philip went to Samaria and preached Christ and the gospel of His kingdom. (Acts 8:12) Signs and wonders confirmed the message Philip preached. As the go...
ΚΑΤΑΒΆΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΚΑΤΑΒΑΊΝΩ (G2597) нисходить, спускаться, ΠΡΟΣΗΎΞΑΝΤΟ _aor. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΠΡΟΣΕΎΧΟΜΑΙ (G4336) молиться, ΛΆΒΩΣΙΝ _aor. conj. ind. от_ ΛΑΜΒΆΝΩ (G2983) при...
WHO, WHEN THEY WERE COME DOWN,— Hence it appears very probable, that the Spirit, in some or other of his miraculous powers, had been conferred upon all the Christian converts hitherto; and it was high...
C. THE WORK OF PETER AND JOHN. Acts 8:14-25. I. AT JERUSALEM. Acts 8:14 Acts 8:14 Now when the apostles that were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them...
See notes on verse 14...
_WHO, WHEN THEY WERE COME DOWN, PRAYED FOR THEM, THAT THEY MIGHT RECEIVE THE HOLY GHOST:_ No JFB commentary on these verses....
4 We now enter the second cycle of the kingdom testimony. Jerusalem and Judea have not heeded its proclamation. It is now offered to Samaria, then it will go to the limits of the earth, and even to th...
PHILIP IN SAMARIA. SIMON MAGUS The graphic details of the ministry of Philip which follow, were doubtless obtained from Philip himself. St. Luke stayed at his house at Cæsarea, and made the acquaintan...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 8 SAUL *PERSECUTES THE CHRISTIANS, 8:1-4 V1 Saul approved of Stephen’s murder. That same day, the Christians in *Jerusalem suffered very much....
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 bestowed on the Day of Pentecost. It assumed that such gifts...
CHAPTER 18 THE APOSTLES AND CONFIRMATION. Acts 8:14 IN the last chapter we noticed the work of Philip in Samaria, the present one will deal with the mission of the Apostles Peter and John to comple...
οἵτινες : on this form of the relative see Rendall, _in loco;_ Blass however regards it as simply = οἵ, _Grammatik_, p. 169, _cf._ Acts 12:10. καταβάντες, _cf._ Acts 24:1 (Luke 2:42),...
CONFIRMING NEW BELIEVERS Acts 8:14-25 Simon attracted people to _himself;_ he posed as a man of power and mystery. The gospel fixes our thoughts exclusively upon _Jesus._ We preach Him as Lord, and o...
The popular outburst against Christianity evidenced in the martyrdom of Stephen was general. Members of the Church at Jerusalem were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria. How dark the day seemed to...
Simon's Sin When the apostles heard of the events in Samaria, they sent Peter and John to the city. Theophilus may well have remembered that John and his brother, James, had asked the Lord if they sho...
Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the (d) Holy Ghost: (d) Those excellent gifts which are necessary, especially for those that were to be appointed rulers and go...
The Holy Ghost, which the apostles came to give the Samaritan Neophytes, was not the spirit of grace, of justice, and of sanctity, for that they had received at baptism; but the spirit of strength, to...
APOSTOLICAL PRECEDENT 14-16. _“And the apostles in Jerusalem hearing that Samaria had received the word of God, sent to them Peter and John, who having come down, prayed that they may receive the Hol...
EVANGELIZATION OF SAMARIA 5-25. Philip, a bright, uncultured layman, sanctified in the Pentecostal revival, _“filled with the Spirit and wisdom,”_ rendering him eligible to the office of deacon, was t...
But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one: (10) To whom they all gave h...
We are now arrived at a turning-point in the history, not merely of the church, but of the unfolding of the truth of God, and the manifestation of His ways. The death of Stephen, therefore, has in var...
15._They prayed_. Undoubtedly they taught first, for we know that they were no dumb persons; but Luke passeth over that which was common to them and Philip, and declareth only what new thing the Samar...
Saul was present at Stephen's death, and consenting to it. [14] This is the end of the first phase of the assembly of God its history in immediate connection with Jerusalem and the Jews, as the centre...
WHO WHEN THEY WERE COME DOWN,.... To the city of Samaria, where Philip was, and these converts dwelt: PRAYED FOR THEM; for some of them, unto God: THAT THEY MIGHT RECEIVE THE HOLY GHOST; the extraor...
Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost: Ver. 15. _The Holy Ghost_] That is, those extraordinary gifts of tongues, healing, &c....
_When the apostles heard that Samaria_ That the inhabitants of that country, or of the chief city thereof; _had received the word of God_ By faith; being desirous that these new converts should be fur...
THE HOLY GHOST; his miraculous influences, so that they might work miracles....
Special gifts of the Holy Spirit:...
WHO, WHEN THEY WERE COME DOWN, PRAYED FOR THEM THAT THEY MIGHT RECEIVE THE HOLY GHOST...
As a wild beast tasting blood, the Jews were the more inflamed by the martyrdom of Stephen to greatly persecute the Church of God at Jerusalem. For this reason believers were scattered through Judea a...
WHO, WHEN THEY HAD COME DOWN, PRAYED FOR THEM THAT THEY MIGHT RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT. 1. Peter and John prayed for these new Christians, that they might receive the Holy Spirit (spiritual gifts). 2...
who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit:...
14-25 The Holy Ghost was as yet fallen upon none of these coverts, in the extraordinary powers conveyed by the descent of the Spirit upon the day of Pentecost. We may take encouragement from this exa...
THEY; Peter and John. PRAYED FOR THEM; in this particular they did not pray for all that believed, amongst whom there were several women, ACTS 8:12. THAT THEY MIGHT RECEIVE THE HOLY GHOST; those extra...
Acts 8:15 who G3748 down G2597 (G5631) prayed G4336 (G5662) for G4012 them G846 that G3704 receive...
‘Now when the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent to them Peter and John, who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive...
THE CONTINUING MINISTRY OF PETER (9:32-11:18). In preparing for the Gentile ministry of Paul, a preparation which has included what we have just considered concerning his conversion and ministry to Je...
Acts 8:15-17. On the whole question of this laying on of the apostles' hands in Samaria, see the Excursus at the end of this chapter....
THAT THEY MIGHT RECEIVE (οπως λαβωσιν). Second aorist active subjunctive of λαμβανω, final clause with οπως. Did they wish the Samaritan Pentecost to prove beyond a doubt that the Samaritans were re...
Stephen had been stoned to death; but with his latest breath he prayed for his murderers. Then this chapter begins: Acts 8:1. _And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a gre...
Acts 8:4. _Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word. Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them. And the people with one accord ga...
CONTENTS: Saul persecuting Christians. The first missionaries. The case of Simon, the sorcerer. Philip and the Ethiopian. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Saul, Stephen, Philip, Simon, apostles,...
Acts 8:1. _At that time there was a great persecution against the church._ With regard to this very tremendous storm which suddenly burst on the infant church, Cardinal Baronius, in his Ecclesiastical...
THEY PRAYED FOR THE BELIEVERS. That the Spirit might come down on them. The "gifts of the Spirit" are not the same as the "Spirit as a gift." These had already been born of water and the Spirit (John...
_But there was a certain man called Simon _ SIMON THE MAGIAN UNMASKED AND PUT TO SHAME This Simon was the first heretic in the Christian Church, the first to claim its fellowship while out of sympat...
_Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the Word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John._ THE FIRST CHURCH VISITATION I. The occasion. There is-- 1. Chris...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 8:14. SENT.—The mission of the two apostles, Peter and John, is not said to have had as its motive the imparting of the Holy Spirit to the Samaritans (Holtzmann), although thi...
EXPOSITION ACTS 8:1 _There arose on that day _for _at that time there was, _A.V._; in _for _at, _A.V. SAUL WAS CONSENTING TO HIS DEATH. St. Paul's repeated reference to this sad episode in his life i...
We are introduced now to one of the chief persecutors. A zealous young Jew, a Pharisee of the Pharisees, whose name is Saul. And he was standing by, consenting to the death of Stephen, holding the coa...
Acts 2:38; John 14:13; John 14:14; John 16:23; John 16:24;...
PHILIP THE EVANGELIST Acts 8:10 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Philip was a man mighty in word and in deed. He wrought miracles and preached Christ, The people may have talked and marveled at the many palsied a...