使徒行傳 8:14-16 RCUVTS

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 8:5-25

Success and disappointment in Christian work. I. A LARGE MEASURE OF SUCCESS . We must consider: 1. The special obstacles in the way, viz. 2. The means by which success was gained. 3. The magnitude of the success. 4. Confirmation of it, both human and Divine. II. A SERIOUS DISCOURAGEMENT . There is no more disheartening blow which can fall on the heart of an earnest Christian worker than to find that his converts have not really changed their mind, but only... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 8:9-24

The first heretic. The appearance of Simon Magus in the list of the first converts to the faith, and his enrolment among the baptized members of the Church, must not be overlooked or passed hastily by, if we would profit by the exhaustive teaching supplied by the Acts of the Apostles for the use of the Church in all ages. When the student of Church history begins his studies expecting to find a record of faith and holiness, and to trace the triumphant victories of truth over falsehood... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 8:9-24

The type of one stricken with religion-blindness. It may be at once allowed that it were difficult to measure with any exactness the amount of moral guilt in Simon Magus. Happily we are not called to do this. That we cannot do it will not hinder our noticing the phenomena of what may well strike upon our own knowledge and our own light as an amazing development of the very obliquity itself of moral or spiritual vision. Confessedly with most various amount and kind of effect does the glory... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 8:14

The apostles (see Acts 8:1 ). They sent unto them Peter and John . The selection of these two chief apostles shows the great importance attached to the conversion of the Samaritans. The joint act of the college of apostles in sending them demonstrates that Peter was not a pope, but a brother apostle, albeit their primate; and that the government of the Church was in the apostolate, not in one of the number. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 8:14-17

The gift of the Holy Ghost. There are signs of an impartation of the Spirit by the apostles which we do not appear to understand fully, because it differs from any impartation of the Spirit with which we have experience. The apostles were enabled to repeat for their disciples their own experience. They were first called to discipleship and then endowed for work. So those to whom apostles preached were first brought into the new kingdom by faith and confession, and then sealed and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 8:14-24

The spirit of mammon in the Christian Church. Peter and John represented the apostolic authority, but not as something to be imposed on believers, but as linking them with the source of spiritual gifts. Simon represented the spirit of this world in the Church—the sins of ambition, covetousness, hypocrisy, priestcraft, intimately connected with the one fatal error of admitting the world's calculations into the Church. " He offered them money." The Church has listened to such offers far... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 8:15

That they might receive the Holy Ghost. Why was it needful that two apostles should come down to Samaria and pray, with laying on of hands, for the newly baptized that they might receive the Holy Ghost? There is no mention of such prayer or such imposition of hands in the case of the first three thousand who were baptized. They were told by St. Peter, "Be baptized every one of you, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost" ( Acts 2:38 ), and they were baptized, and doubtless did... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 8:16

Had been for were, A.V.; into for in, A.V. Into the name. In seems preferable (comp. Matthew 10:41 , Matthew 10:42 ). The use of the prepositions in the New Testament is much influenced by the Hebrew, through the language of the LXX . As regards baptism in the Name of the Lord Jesus, here and Acts 8:39 , T.R.; Acts 10:48 ; Acts 19:5 , we are not to suppose that any other formula was used than that prescribed by our Lord ( Matthew 28:19 ). But as baptism was preceded by... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 8:14

They sent - That is, the apostles “deputed” two of their number. This shows conclusively that there was no “chief” or ruler among them. They acted as being equal in authority. The reason why they sent Peter and John was probably that there would be a demand for more labor than Philip could render; a church was to be founded, and it was important that persons of experience and wisdom should be present to organize it, and to build it up. The “harvest” had occurred in Samaria, of which the Saviour... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 8:15

Were come down - To Samaria. Jerusalem was generally represented as “up,” or “higher” than the rest of the land, Matthew 20:18; John 7:8.Prayed for them - They sought at the hand of God the extraordinary communications of the Holy Spirit. They did not even pretend to have the power of doing it without the aid of God.That they might receive the Holy Ghost - The main question here is, what was meant by the Holy Spirit? In Acts 8:20, it is called “the gift of God.” The following remarks may make... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 8:5-25

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 8:9-24

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 8:9-24

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 8:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 8:14-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 8:14-24

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 8:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 8:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 8:14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 8:15

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