Acts 8:8

Bible in Basic English

And there was much joy in that town.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So there was great joy in that city.

King James Version (1611)
And there was great ioy in that citie.

King James Version
And there was great joy in that city.

English Standard Version
So there was much joy in that city.

New American Standard Bible
So there was much rejoicing in that city.

New Century Version
So the people in that city were very happy.

Amplified Bible
So there was great rejoicing in that city.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
So there was much rejoicing in that city.

Legacy Standard Bible
So there was great joy in that city.

Berean Standard Bible
So there was great joy in that city.

Contemporary English Version
Everyone in that city was very glad because of what was happening.

Complete Jewish Bible
so that there was great joy in that city.

Darby Translation
And there was great joy in that city.

Easy-to-Read Version
What a happy day this was for that city!

Geneva Bible (1587)
And there was great ioy in that citie.

George Lamsa Translation
And there was great joy in that city.

Good News Translation
So there was great joy in that city.

Lexham English Bible
And there was great joy in that city.

Literal Translation
And great joy was in that city.

American Standard Version
And there was much joy in that city.

Hebrew Names Version
There was great joy in that city.

International Standard Version
As a result, there was great rejoicing in that city.

Etheridge Translation
and great joy was in that city.

Murdock Translation
And there was great joy in that city.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And there was great ioy in that citie.

English Revised Version
And there was much joy in that city.

World English Bible
There was great joy in that city.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And there was great joy in that city.

Weymouth's New Testament
And there was great joy in that city.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And manye sijk in the palsi, and crokid, weren heelid.

Update Bible Version
And there was much joy in that city.

Webster's Bible Translation
And there was great joy in that city.

New English Translation
So there was great joy in that city.

New King James Version
And there was great joy in that city.

New Living Translation
So there was great joy in that city.

New Life Bible
There was much joy in that city.

New Revised Standard
So there was great joy in that city.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And there came to be great joy in that city.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And many, taken with the palsy, and that were lame, were healed.

Revised Standard Version
So there was much joy in that city.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And ther was great ioye in that cite.

Young's Literal Translation
and there was great joy in that city.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And there was greate ioye in the same cite.

Mace New Testament (1729)
which caused great joy in that city.

Simplified Cowboy Version
A time of great joy had come to that part of the country.

Contextual Overview

⁴ But those who had gone in flight went everywhere preaching the word. ⁵ And Philip went down to Samaria and was teaching them about Christ. ⁶ And all the people gave attention to the words which Philip said, when they saw the signs which he did. ⁷ For unclean spirits came out from those who had them, crying with a loud voice; and a number of those who were ill and broken in body were made well. ⁸ And there was much joy in that town. ⁹ But there was a certain man named Simon, who in the past had been a wonder-worker and a cause of surprise to the people of Samaria, saying that he himself was a great man: ¹⁰ To whom they all gave attention, from the smallest to the greatest, saying, This man is that power of God which is named Great. ¹¹ And they gave attention to him, because for a long time his wonder-working powers had kept them under his control. ¹² But when they had faith in the good news given by Philip about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, a number of men and women had baptism. ¹³ And Simon himself had faith and, having had baptism, he went with Philip and, seeing the signs and the great wonders which he did, he was full of surprise.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Acts 13:48, Acts 13:52, Psalms 96:10-12, Psalms 98:2-6, Isaiah 35:1, Isaiah 35:2, Isaiah 42:10-12, Luke 2:10, Luke 2:11, Romans 15:9-12

Reciprocal: Isaiah 9:3 - they joy Acts 8:39 - and he Philippians 2:29 - with

Cross-References

Genesis 8:10
And after waiting another seven days, he sent the dove out again;

Genesis 8:11
And the dove came back at evening, and in her mouth was an olive-leaf broken off: so Noah was certain that the waters had gone down on the earth.

Genesis 8:12
And after seven days more, he sent the dove out again, but she did not come back to him.

Song of Solomon 1:15
See, you are fair, my love, you are fair; you have the eyes of a dove.

Song of Solomon 2:14
O my dove, you are in the holes of the mountain sides, in the cracks of the high hills; let me see your face, let your voice come to my ears; for sweet is your voice, and your face is fair.

Matthew 10:16
See, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Be then as wise as snakes, and as gentle as doves.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And there was great joy in that city. Both on a spiritual account, for the good of their souls, through the preaching of Christ and his Gospel to them; and on a temporal account; for the good of their bodies, or their friends, being dispossessed of devils, and healed of their diseases.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And there was great joy - This joy arose:

1. From the fact that so many persons, before sick and afflicted, were restored to health.

(2)From the conversion of individuals to Christ.

(3)From the mutual joy of “families” and “friends” that their friends were converted. The tendency of a revival of religion is thus to produce great joy.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 8:8. There was great joy in that city. — No wonder, when they heard such glorious truths, and were the subjects of such beneficent miracles.