Acts 8:17 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)
Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
Then laid they [their] hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
LSV Literal Standard Version
then they were laying hands on them, and they received 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
Then they laid their hands upon them, and they received [the] Holy Spirit.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
Then they laid [their] hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
Then layd they their handes on them, and they receiued the holy Ghost.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
Then Peter and John placed their hands on them, and they received 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)
Then layde they their hondes on them and they receaved the holy goost.
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
then were they laying hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
FBV Free Bible Version
The apostles placed their hands on them, and they received 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
Then they put their hands on them, and the Holy Spirit came on them.
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Entonces ponían las manos sobre ellos, y recibían el Espíritu Santo.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Entonces les impusieron las manos, y recibieron el Espíritu Santo.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Entonces Pedro y Juan pusieron las manos sobre los creyentes y ellos recibieron el Espíritu Santo.
Read in context · Biblica® Open Nueva Biblia Viva™ Copyright © 2006, 2008 by Biblica, Inc. “Biblica” es una marca registrada en la oficina de Patentes y Marcas de los Estados Unidos por Biblica, Inc. Usado con permiso. “Biblica” is a trademark registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Biblica, Inc. Used with permission. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spaonbv/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Luego les impusieron las manos y recibieron [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)
Así que los apóstoles pusieron sus manos sobre ellos, y recibieron 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)
Entonces Pedro y Juan les impusieron las manos, y ellos recibieron 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)
τότε ἐπετίθουν τὰς χεῖρας ἐπ᾽ αὐτούς, καὶ ἐλάμβανον Πνεῦμα Ἅγιον.
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
τοτε επετιθουν τας χειρας επ αυτους, και ελαμβανον 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)
Τότε ἐπετίθουν τὰς χεῖρας ἐπ᾿ αὐτούς, καὶ ἐλάμβανον πνεῦμα ἅγιον.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
τοτε επετιθουν τασ χειρασ επ αυτουσ και ελαμβανον πνευμα αγιον
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
τότε ἐπετίθεσαν τὰς χεῖρας ἐπ’ αὐτούς, καὶ ἐλάμβανον Πνεῦμα Ἅγιον.
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
τότε ⸀ἐπετίθεσαν τὰς χεῖρας ἐπʼ αὐτούς, καὶ ἐλάμβανον 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
Tunc imponebant manus super illos, et accipiebant Spiritum Sanctum.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
тогда̀ возложи́ша рꙋ́цѣ на нѧ̀, и҆ прїѧ́ша 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)
Тогда возложили руки на них, и они приняли Духа Святаго.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Τότε επέθετον τας χείρας επ' αυτούς, και ελάμβανον Πνεύμα Άγιον.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
Тада апостоли метнуше руке на њих, и они примише Духа Светог.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
Tada apostoli metnuše ruke na njih, i oni primiše Duha Svetog.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
حِينَئِذٍ وَضَعَا ٱلْأَيَادِيَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَقَبِلُوا ٱلرُّوحَ ٱلْقُدُسَ.
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC