Acts 8:16
Good News Translation
For the Holy Spirit had not yet come down on any of them; they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

New Revised Standard Version
(for as yet the Spirit had not come upon any of them; they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus).

Contemporary English Version
Before this, the Holy Spirit had not been given to any of them, though some of them had been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

New American Bible
for it had not yet fallen upon any of them; they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For he was not as yet come upon any of them: but they were only baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

For he was not as yet come upon any of them: but they were only baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

he was.

Acts 10:44-46 While Peter was yet speaking these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them that heard the word. . . .

Acts 11:15-17 And when I had begun to speak, the Holy Ghost fell upon them, as upon us also in the beginning. . . .

Acts 19:2 And he said to them: Have you received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? But they said to him: We have not so much as heard whether there be a Holy Ghost.

only.

Acts 2:38 But Peter said to them: Do penance: and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of your sins. And you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

Acts 10:47,48 Then Peter answered: Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, who have received the Holy Ghost, as well as we? . . .

Acts 19:5,6 Having heard these things, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. . . .

Matthew 28:19 Going therefore, teach ye all nations: baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost.

1 Corinthians 1:13-15 Is Christ divided? Was Paul then crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul? . . .

Context
Simon the Sorcerer
15Who, when they were come, prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Ghost. 16For he was not as yet come upon any of them: but they were only baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 17Then they laid their hands upon them: and they received the Holy Ghost.…
Cross References
Matthew 28:19
Going therefore, teach ye all nations: baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost.

Acts 2:38
But Peter said to them: Do penance: and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of your sins. And you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

Acts 10:48
And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Then they desired him to tarry with them some days.

Acts 19:2
And he said to them: Have you received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? But they said to him: We have not so much as heard whether there be a Holy Ghost.

Acts 19:5
Having heard these things, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

Romans 6:3
Know you not that all we who are baptized in Christ Jesus are baptized in his death?

Acts 8:15
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