18When Simon saw that the Spirit was given at the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money


In Context

15 When they arrived, they prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit,

16 because the Holy Spirit had not yet come upon any of them; they had simply been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.

17 Then Peter and John placed their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

18 When Simon saw that the Spirit was given at the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money

19 and said, "Give me also this ability so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit."

20 Peter answered: "May your money perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!

Acts 8:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:18And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles’ hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:18And when Simon saw, that by the imposition of the hands of the apostles, the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:18Now when Simon saw that through the laying on of the apostles hands the Holy Spirit was given, he offered them money,

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:18But Simon, having seen that by the laying on of the hands of the apostles the Holy Spirit was given, offered them money,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:18Now when Simon saw that through the laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:18And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Spirit was given, he offered them money,

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:18Now when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:18And Simon, having beheld that through the laying on of the hands of the apostles, the Holy Spirit is given, brought before them money,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:18And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,