Samaria receives the Holy Ghost Part 6

Jesus commanded his disciples to go to Jerusalem and wait for the promise of the baptism of the Holy Ghost. (Acts 1:4-5)

He told them they would receive power after they were filled with the Holy Ghost, and they would be witnesses throughout the earth. Jesus specifically mentioned they would be his witnesses in Samaria. (Acts 1:8)

At the time of the great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem, Philip the evangelist went down to Samaria, accomplishing Jesus’ command to be a witness there, preaching Christ to them. (Acts 8:1, 4-5)

Here in this account, it is not said specifically that those that received the Holy Ghost in Samaria spoke in tongues; however, it alludes to this fact.

The apostles that were in Jerusalem sent Peter and John to pray for those in Samaria to receive the Holy Ghost. Men and women had already been baptized in Jesus name, when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ. (Acts 8:12-16)

When Peter and John received the Holy Ghost on the day of Pentecost, they spake with other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance. (Acts 2:4) No one laid their hands on them to receive the Holy Ghost.

When Cornelius and the other gentiles in his house received the Holy Ghost, they spake with other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance. (Acts 10:45-46) No one laid their hands on them to receive the Holy Ghost.

When the twelve disciples of John the Baptist received the Holy Ghost in Ephesus, they spake with other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance. On this occasion, when Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Ghost came on them. (Acts 19:6)

Here in Samaria, Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost. (Acts 8:17)

Thus it is implied, that they also spake with other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.

Moreover, the Bible says that a man named Simon “saw” that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given. (Acts 8:18)

His attention was especially directed to the object "seen." (Vine’s) What Simon most likely saw, was that the men and women spake with other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.