When the Samaritans turned the Lord away because His face was to go to Jerusalem, John wanted to call fire down from heaven on them. The Lord told him that he did not know what spirit he was of (Luke 9:55).
When Philip preached in Samaria and many were saved (Acts 8:13), they did not receive the Holy Spirit until two came from Jerusalem to them. Who were those two? One was John, who, instead of calling fire down from heaven, was the means of their receiving the Holy Spirit.
T. A. Roach