Atti 8:16

16 poiché non era ancora disceso sopra alcuno di loro, ma erano stati soltanto battezzati nel nome del Signor Gesù.

Atti 8:16 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 8:16

(For as yet he was fallen upon none of them
They had received him as a spirit of illumination and sanctification, and as, a spirit of conversion and faith; they had been regenerated, enlightened, and sanctified by him; and were converted by him, and brought to believe in Christ, and live, by faith upon him; they were baptized believers, and no more; as yet, none of them had gifts qualifying them for the ministry; and still less could any of them speak with tongues, or prophesy, or work miracles; the Holy Ghost had not yet descended on them for such purposes:

only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus:
all as yet appeared in them was, that they were believers in Christ, and had been baptized in his name, upon a profession of their faith; and more than this they had been called to, or qualified for: the word "only", does not respect the form of baptism, as if they had been baptized only in the name of Christ; whereas they were doubtless baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost; but refers to baptism itself, which was the only ordinance as yet administered to them.

Atti 8:16 In-Context

14 Or gli apostoli ch’erano a Gerusalemme, avendo inteso che la Samaria avea ricevuto la parola di Dio, vi mandarono Pietro e Giovanni.

15 I quali, essendo discesi là, pregarono per loro affinché ricevessero lo Spirito Santo;

16 poiché non era ancora disceso sopra alcuno di loro, ma erano stati soltanto battezzati nel nome del Signor Gesù.

17 Allora imposero loro le mani, ed essi ricevettero lo Spirito Santo.

18 Or Simone, vedendo che per l’imposizione delle mani degli apostoli era dato lo Spirito Santo, offerse loro del danaro,