## Samaria  ##

This is synecdoche for many people throughout Samaria district (UDB). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])

## When they had come down ##

"when Peter and John had come down"

## they prayed for them  ##

" Peter and John Prayed for the Samaritan believers"

## that they might receive the Holy Spirit.  ##

"that the Samaritan believers might receive the Holy Spirit"

## they had only been baptized ##

"Philip had only baptized the samaritan believers." (See [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

## Then Peter and John placed their hands on them ##

That is, the Samaritan people who believed Stephen's message of the gospel.