Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version So there was great joy in that city. New Living Translation So there was great joy in that city. English Standard Version So there was much joy in that city. Berean Standard Bible So there was great joy in that city. Berean Literal Bible So there was great joy in that city. King James Bible And there was great joy in that city. New King James Version And there was great joy in that city. New American Standard Bible So there was much rejoicing in that city. NASB 1995 So there was much rejoicing in that city. NASB 1977 And there was much rejoicing in that city. Legacy Standard Bible So there was great joy in that city. Amplified Bible So there was great rejoicing in that city. Christian Standard Bible So there was great joy in that city. Holman Christian Standard Bible So there was great joy in that city. American Standard Version And there was much joy in that city. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And there was great joy in that city. Contemporary English Version Everyone in that city was very glad because of what was happening. Douay-Rheims Bible And many, taken with the palsy, and that were lame, were healed. English Revised Version And there was much joy in that city. GOD'S WORD® Translation As a result, that city was extremely happy. Good News Translation So there was great joy in that city. International Standard Version As a result, there was great rejoicing in that city. Literal Standard Version and there was great joy in that city. Majority Standard Bible So there was great joy in that city. New American Bible There was great joy in that city. NET Bible So there was great joy in that city. New Revised Standard Version So there was great joy in that city. New Heart English Bible There was great joy in that city. Webster's Bible Translation And there was great joy in that city. Weymouth New Testament And there was great joy in that city. World English Bible There was great joy in that city. Young's Literal Translation and there was great joy in that city. Additional Translations ... Context Philip in Samaria…7With loud shrieks, unclean spirits came out of many who were possessed, and many of the paralyzed and lame were healed. 8So there was great joy in that city. 9Prior to that time, a man named Simon had practiced sorcery in the city and astounded the people of Samaria. He claimed to be someone great,… Cross References John 4:40 So when the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him to stay with them, and He stayed two days. Acts 8:39 When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord carried Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, but went on his way rejoicing. Treasury of Scripture And there was great joy in that city. Acts 13:48,52 And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed… Psalm 96:10-12 Say among the heathen that the LORD reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously… Psalm 98:2-6 The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen… Jump to Previous City Great Joy RejoicingJump to Next City Great Joy RejoicingActs 8 1. By occasion of the persecution in Jerusalem, the church being planted in Samaria, 4. by Philip the deacon, who preached, did miracles, and baptized many; 9. among the rest Simon the sorcerer, a great seducer of the people; 14. Peter and John come to confirm and enlarge the church; 15. where, by prayer and imposition of hands giving the Holy Spirit; 18. when Simon would have bought the like power of them, 20. Peter sharply reproving his hypocrisy and covetousness, 22. and exhorting him to repentance, 25. together with John preaching the word of the Lord, return to Jerusalem; 26. but the angel sends Philip to teach and baptize the Ethiopian Eunuch. (8) There was great joy in that city.--This and the whole narrative may well have been learnt by St. Luke from the lips of Philip himself, when St. Paul and his companions visited the Evangelist at Caesarea on his way to Jerusalem (Acts 21:8), or during the Apostle's two years' imprisonment in that city (Acts 24:27), or, we may add, from St. Paul's report of what he had heard when he travelled through Samaria (Acts 15:3).Verse 8. - Much for great, A.V. and T.R. Much joy. The joy was caused partly by the healing of their sick, and partly by the glad tidings of the gospel of peace (comp. Matthew 13:20; 1 Peter 1:8). Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Soδὲ (de) Conjunction Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc. there was ἐγένετο (egeneto) Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 1096: A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude. great πολλὴ (pollē) Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's 4183: Much, many; often. joy χαρὰ (chara) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's 5479: Joy, gladness, a source of joy. From chairo; cheerfulness, i.e. Calm delight. in ἐν (en) Preposition Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. that ἐκείνῃ (ekeinē) Demonstrative Pronoun - Dative Feminine Singular Strong's 1565: That, that one there, yonder. From ekei; that one (neuter) thing); often intensified by the article prefixed. city. πόλει (polei) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Strong's 4172: A city, the inhabitants of a city. Probably from the same as polemos, or perhaps from polus; a town. Links Acts 8:8 NIVActs 8:8 NLT Acts 8:8 ESV Acts 8:8 NASB Acts 8:8 KJV Acts 8:8 BibleApps.com Acts 8:8 Biblia Paralela Acts 8:8 Chinese Bible Acts 8:8 French Bible Acts 8:8 Catholic Bible NT Apostles: Acts 8:8 There was great joy in that city (Acts of the Apostles Ac) |
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