{That they might receive} (hop(9373) lab(9373)in). Second aorist
active subjunctive of lamban(935c), final clause with hop(9373). Did
they wish the Samaritan Pentecost to prove beyond a doubt that
the Samaritans were really converted when they believed? They had
been baptized on the assumption that the Holy Spirit had given
them new hearts. The coming of the Holy Spirit with obvious signs
(cf.  10:44-48 ) as in Jerusalem would make it plain.