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17 Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy
Ghost.
18 And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands
the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,"

Samaritans (each half-Jew half-Gentile) believed, were water-baptized,
prayed for by the apostles Peter and John, had Peter and John's hands laid on
them, and were baptized by the Spirit. Nobody can claim "baptismal
regeneration" here, since water-baptism wasn't enough. Two more things
had to be done before they received the Holy Ghost!

* Acts 8:36 "And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain

water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to
be baptized?
37 And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest.
And he answered and said,
I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
38 And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down
both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him."

Philip preaches Jesus to a Gentile (the Ethiopian eunuch). The eunuch
believed, made a verbal confession of belief, then was water-baptized. No
mention of Spirit-baptism. But the event matches well the mode of Romans
10:8-13. (So well, in fact, that corrupt bible versions omit verse 37.)

* 2 views of the conversion of Saul (aka Paul):

View 1:

Saul was saved on the road to Damascus when he called Jesus "Lord" after
learning it was Jesus he was talking to (Acts 9:5-6). This is why Ananias
called him "Brother Saul" shortly afterward and before he was baptized.
Ananias was simply confused when he said to Paul "...be baptized, and
wash away thy sins..." because Jews associated water with purification
because of Old Testament practices (John 2:6, Hebrews 9:19).

View 2: