“(For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)”
because the Holy Spirit had not yet come on any of them; they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus - the explanation clarifies the absence of Spirit gifts: the Samaritans 'had simply been baptized' (bebaptismenoi monon ēsan) but had 'not yet' received the Spirit. The two stages are distinct: water baptism (historical) precedes Spirit reception (eschatological). This pattern is unique to Samaria and perhaps reflects a transitional moment in Luke's narrative of the expanding church.
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