11. He had their attention because he had baffled them with sorcery for a long time.
12. After they came to believe Philip, who preached the good news about God’s kingdom and the name of Jesus Christ, both men and women were baptized.
13. Even Simon himself came to believe and was baptized. Afterward, he became one of Philip’s supporters. As he saw firsthand the signs and great miracles that were happening, he was astonished.
14. When word reached the apostles in Jerusalem that Samaria had accepted God’s word, they commissioned Peter and John to go to Samaria.
15. Peter and John went down to Samaria where they prayed that the new believers would receive the Holy Spirit. (
16. This was because the Holy Spirit had not yet fallen on any of them; they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)
17. So Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
18. When Simon perceived that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money.