Give this power to me is equivalent in many languages to “make me able to” or “cause me to be strong enough to.” The final clause of verse 19 may need to be radically restructured if the expression receive the Holy Spirit requires some modification, as suggested in the discussion of verse 15.

Quoted with permission from Newman, Barclay M. and Nida, Eugene A. A Handbook on The Acts of the Apostles. (UBS Handbook Series). New York: UBS, 1972. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .