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Source language
Original Greek   
τότε ⸀ἐπετίθεσαν τὰς χεῖρας ἐπʼ αὐτούς, καὶ ἐλάμβανον πνεῦμα ἅγιον.
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
tote repetithesan tas kheiras ep' autous, kai elambanon pneuma agion.

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
tunc inponebant manus super illos et accipiebant Spiritum Sanctum

King James Variants
American King James Version   
Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
Authorized (King James) Version   
Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
New King James Version   
Then they laid hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
21st Century King James Version   
Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
And they were laying hands upon them, and they were receiving The Spirit of Holiness.
Darby Bible Translation   
Then they laid their hands upon them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
Then they laid their hands upon them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
Then they laid their hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit.
God's Word   
Then Peter and John placed their hands on them, and the Samaritans received the Holy Spirit.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
International Standard Version   
Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
NET Bible   
Then Peter and John placed their hands on the Samaritans, and they received the Holy Spirit.
New American Standard Bible   
Then they began laying their hands on them, and they were receiving the Holy Spirit.
New International Version   
Then Peter and John placed their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
New Living Translation   
Then Peter and John laid their hands upon these believers, and they received the Holy Spirit.
Webster's Bible Translation   
Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
Weymouth New Testament   
Then the Apostles placed their hands upon them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
The World English Bible   
Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
EasyEnglish Bible   
So Peter and John put their hands on the head of each believer, and they each received the Holy Spirit.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
then were they laying hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
New Life Version   
They laid their hands on them and the followers received the Holy Spirit.
Revised Geneva Translation   
Then they laid their hands on them. And they received the Holy Ghost.
The Voice Bible   
When Peter and John laid hands on the people, the Holy Spirit did indeed come upon them all.
Living Bible   
Then Peter and John laid their hands upon these believers, and they received the Holy Spirit.
New Catholic Bible   
Then they laid hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
Legacy Standard Bible   
Then they began laying their hands on them, and they were receiving the Holy Spirit.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
Christian Standard Bible   
Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
Then [the apostles] laid their hands on them one by one, and they received the Holy Spirit.
New Century Version   
Then, when the two apostles began laying their hands on the people, they received the Holy Spirit.
The Message   
When the apostles in Jerusalem received the report that Samaria had accepted God’s Message, they sent Peter and John down to pray for them to receive the Holy Spirit. Up to this point they had only been baptized in the name of the Master Jesus; the Holy Spirit hadn’t yet fallen on them. Then the apostles laid their hands on them and they did receive the Holy Spirit.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament   
Then Peter and John laid · hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
New Matthew Bible   
Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
Good News Translation®   
Then Peter and John placed their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
Wycliffe Bible   
Then they laid hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
New Testament for Everyone   
Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the holy spirit.
Contemporary English Version   
Peter and John then placed their hands on everyone who had faith in the Lord, and they were given the Holy Spirit.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Then they laid their hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit.
J.B. Phillips New Testament   
When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the Word of God, they sent Peter and John down to them. When these two had arrived they prayed for the Samaritans that they might receive the Holy Spirit for as yet he had not fallen upon any of them. They were living simply as men and women who had been baptised in the name of the Lord Jesus. So then and there they laid their hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
Common English Bible © 2011   
So Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
Then Peter and John laid their hands on them [one by one], and they received the Holy Spirit.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
Then they laid their hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Then they laid hands on them and they received the holy Spirit.
New American Standard Bible   
Then they began laying their hands on them, and they were receiving the Holy Spirit.
The Expanded Bible   
Then, when ·the two apostles [L they] began ·laying [placing] their hands on the people [C a ritual of blessing and/or conferring of authority], they received the Holy Spirit.
Tree of Life Version   
Then they began laying their hands on them, and they were receiving the Ruach ha-Kodesh.
Revised Standard Version   
Then they laid their hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit.
New International Reader's Version   
Then Peter and John placed their hands on them. And they received the Holy Spirit.
BRG Bible   
Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
Complete Jewish Bible   
Then, as Kefa and Yochanan placed their hands on them, they received the Ruach HaKodesh.
Worldwide English (New Testament)   
Then the apostles put their hands on the people and they received the Holy Spirit.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
Then Kefa and Yochanan were laying their hands upon them, and they were receiving the Ruach Hakodesh.
Names of God Bible   
Then Peter and John placed their hands on them, and the Samaritans received the Holy Spirit.
Modern English Version   
Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
Easy-to-Read Version   
When the two apostles laid their hands on the people, they received the Holy Spirit.
International Children’s Bible   
Then, when the two apostles began laying their hands on the people, they received the Holy Spirit.
Lexham English Bible   
Then they placed their hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit.
New International Version - UK   
Then Peter and John placed their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
Disciples Literal New Testament   
Then they were laying their hands on them, and they were receiving the Holy Spirit.