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Luke reports this story in such an understated and matter-of-fact style that one could easily miss the significance of what is being described here. In the space of four brief verses, we're told that Peter and John are sent on behalf of the apostles in Jerusalem to pray over and lay their hands upon some recent converts to Christianity. But mind you, they are doing this in Samaria, of all places. That's not only remarkable; it's nothing short of revolutionary.