Acts 8:19 Cross References

Acts 8:19

19: "Let me have this power, too," he exclaimed, "so that when I lay my hands on people, they will receive the Holy Spirit!"

When Jesus noticed that all who had come to the dinner were trying to sit near the head of the table, he gave them this advice:
"If you are invited to a wedding feast, don't always head for the best seat. What if someone more respected than you has also been invited?
The host will say, 'Let this person sit here instead.' Then you will be embarrassed and will have to take whatever seat is left at the foot of the table!
"Do this instead--sit at the foot of the table. Then when your host sees you, he will come and say, 'Friend, we have a better place than this for you!' Then you will be honored in front of all the other guests.
For the proud will be humbled, but the humble will be honored."

No wonder you can't believe! For you gladly honor each other, but you don't care about the honor that comes from God alone.

Then Peter and John laid their hands upon these believers, and they received the Holy Spirit.

Last of all, I saw him, too, long after the others, as though I had been born at the wrong time.
For I am the least of all the apostles, and I am not worthy to be called an apostle after the way I persecuted the church of God.

About that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Which of us is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?"
Jesus called a small child over to him and put the child among them.
Then he said, "I assure you, unless you turn from your sins and become as little children, you will never get into the Kingdom of Heaven.

I sent a brief letter to the church about this, but Diotrephes, who loves to be the leader, does not acknowledge our authority.

A man named Simon had been a sorcerer there for many years, claiming to be someone great.
The Samaritan people, from the least to the greatest, often spoke of him as "the Great One--the Power of God."
He was very influential because of the magic he performed.

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