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


In Context

15 who, when they had come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit;

16 for as yet he had fallen on none of them. They had only been baptized in the name of Christ Jesus.

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

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

19 saying, |Give me also this power, that whoever I lay my hands on may receive the Holy Spirit.|

20 But Peter said to him, |May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:18When Simon saw that the Spirit was given at the laying on of the apostles' hands, 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 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,