Acts 8:15 in every translation
Leer en españolThe same verse in each translation we publish, grouped by language and by the tradition that made it. Numbering is matched for each text (for example, Psalms in the Septuagint).
English
Catholic
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
who, when they had come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit;
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
who, when they had come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit;
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost:
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost:
MSB Majority Standard Bible
On their arrival, they prayed for them to receive the Holy Spirit.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
On their arrival, they prayed for them to receive the Holy Spirit.
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit:
LSV Literal Standard Version
who having come down prayed concerning them, that they may receive the Holy Spirit—
Read in context · Literal Standard Version. Copyright © 2020 Covenant Press. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/englsv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Darby Darby Translation
who, having come down, prayed for them that they might receive [the] Holy Spirit;
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
Who, when they had come down, prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit:
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
Which whe they were come downe, prayed for them, that they might receiue the holy Ghost.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
When they had come down, they prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit.
Read in context · Unlocked Literal Bible. Copyright © 2017 Door43 World Missions Community. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engULB/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tyndale Tyndale New Testament (1534)
which when they were come prayed for the that they myght receave the holy goost
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
who having come down did pray concerning them, that they may receive the Holy Spirit, —
FBV Free Bible Version
When they arrived they prayed for the converts in Samaria to receive the Holy Spirit.
Read in context · Free Bible Version. Copyright © 2018 Dr. Jonathan Gallagher. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engfbv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Scholarly edition
BBE Bible in Basic English
Who, when they came there, made prayer for them, that the Holy Spirit might be given to them:
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Los quales llegados que fuéron, hicieron por ellos oración para que recibiesen el Espíritu Santo.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Los cuales venidos, oraron por ellos, para que recibiesen el Espíritu Santo;
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Tan pronto llegaron, comenzaron a orar para que recibieran el Espíritu Santo,
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Llegaron y hablaron con Dios por ellos para que recibieran [el] Espíritu Santo,
Read in context · Palabra de Dios para ti © 2020 Asociación Bíblica Latinoamericana. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spapddpt/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
Individual translator
VBL Free Bible Version (Spanish)
Y cuando llegaron, oraron por los conversos de Samaria para que recibieran el Espíritu Santo.
Read in context · Versión Biblia Libre. Copyright © 2018-2020 Jonathan Gallagher y Shelly Barrios de Avila. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spavbl/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
BES Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Ellos descendieron y oraron por los samaritanos para que recibieran el Espíritu Santo,
Read in context · La Biblia en Español Sencillo, traducida y editada por Irma Flores (AudioBiblia.org).
Greek
Orthodox
PT1904 Patriarchal Text 1904 (accented, eBible edition)
οἵτινες καταβάντες προσηύξαντο περὶ αὐτῶν ὅπως λάβωσι Πνεῦμα Ἅγιον·
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
οιτινες καταβαντες προσηυξαντο περι αυτων οπως λαβωσιν πνευμα αγιον·
Read in context · Patriarchal Text, Antoniades 1904/1912 edition, verified by Maurice A. Robinson and Jussi Ala-Konni (https://github.com/byztxt/greektext-antoniades). Public domain.
Individual translator
TR Textus Receptus (Boyd collation)
οἵτινες καταβάντες προσηύξαντο περὶ αὐτῶν, ὅπως λάβωσι πνεῦμα ἅγιον·
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
οιτινεσ καταβαντεσ προσηυξαντο περι αυτων οπωσ λαβωσιν πνευμα αγιον
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
οἵτινες καταβάντες προσηύξαντο περὶ αὐτῶν ὅπως λάβωσιν Πνεῦμα Ἅγιον·
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
οἵτινες καταβάντες προσηύξαντο περὶ αὐτῶν ὅπως λάβωσιν πνεῦμα ἅγιον·
Read in context · The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition. Copyright 2010 by the Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/grcsbl/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Latin
Catholic
VUL Clementine Vulgate
Qui cum venissent, oraverunt pro ipsis ut acciperent Spiritum Sanctum:
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
и҆̀же соше́дше помоли́шасѧ ѡ҆ ни́хъ, ꙗ҆́кѡ да прїи́мꙋтъ дх҃а ст҃а́го:
Read in context · Church Slavonic text: Ponomar Project (github.com/typiconman/ponomar), © 2006–2018 Aleksandr Andreev and others, licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 or later. Changes for this site (2026-10-18): lectionary pericope markers, marginal glosses and the closing note of Genesis removed, Psalm verses renumbered to the Russian Synodal numbering, joined verses noted; the words are unchanged.
Russian
Orthodox
Synodal Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
которые, придя, помолились о них, чтобы они приняли Духа Святаго.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Οίτινες καταβάντες προσηυχήθησαν περί αυτών διά να λάβωσι Πνεύμα Αγιον·
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
Који сишавши помолише се Богу за њих да приме Духа Светог;
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
Koji sišavši pomoliše se Bogu za njih da prime Duha Svetog;
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
ٱللَّذَيْنِ لَمَّا نَزَلَا صَلَّيَا لِأَجْلِهِمْ لِكَيْ يَقْبَلُوا ٱلرُّوحَ ٱلْقُدُسَ،
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC