Hechos 8:15

15 los cuales venidos, oraron por ellos, para que recibiesen el Espíritu Santo;

Hechos 8:15 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 8:15

Who when they were come down
To the city of Samaria, where Philip was, and these converts dwelt:

prayed for them;
for some of them, unto God:

that they might receive the Holy Ghost;
the extraordinary gifts of the Holy Ghost, as to be able to speak with tongues, to prophesy and work miracles: they might pray for them all, that they might have a larger measure of grace, and more spiritual light and knowledge; and that they might be established in the doctrines of the Gospel, and hold fast the profession of their faith unto the end; but it can hardly be thought that they should pray for them all, both men and women, that they might have the above extraordinary gifts, which were not necessary to them all: and that these are meant by the Holy Ghost is clear from what follows, since he was not yet fallen on any of them, which cannot be understood in any other sense; and seeing it was something visible, which Simon could discern, and therefore cannot mean internal grace, and an increase of that.

Hechos 8:15 In-Context

13 El mismo Simón creyó también entonces, y bautizándose, se llegó a Felipe; y viendo los milagros y grandes maravillas que se hacían, estaba atónito.

14 Y los apóstoles que estaban en Jerusalén, habiendo oído que Samaria había recibido la palabra de Dios, les enviaron a Pedro y a Juan;

15 los cuales venidos, oraron por ellos, para que recibiesen el Espíritu Santo;

16 (porque aún no había descendido en ninguno de ellos, mas solamente eran bautizados en el Nombre de Jesus.)

17 Entonces les impusieron las manos, y recibieron el Espíritu Santo.