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Bishop's Bible

Acts 8:8

And there was great ioy in that citie.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Joy;   Minister, Christian;   Philip;   Preaching;   Samaria;   Scofield Reference Index - Churches;   Thompson Chain Reference - Awakenings and Religious Reforms;   Awakenings, Religious;   Joy;   Joy-Sorrow;   Miracles;   Missions, World-Wide;   Samaritans;   Spiritual;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Joy;   Samaria, Modern;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Peter;   Samaria;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Philip;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Samaria;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Helps;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Acts;   Hebrews;   Joy;   Philip;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Gnosticism;   Mark, Gospel According to;   Peter;   Philip;   Simon Magus;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Hellenism;   Sacraments;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Philip ;   Samaria ;   Samaritans;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Philip;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Apostle;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom or Church of Christ, the;  

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.
Bible in Basic English
And there was much joy in that town.
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.
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 Therfore, they that were scattered abrode, went euery where preachyng the worde of God. 5 Then came Philip into the citie of Samaria, & preached Christe vnto the. 6 And the people gaue heede vnto those thynges whiche Philip spake with one accorde, hearyng and seing the miracles which he dyd. 7 For vncleane spirites, crying with loude voyce, came out of manye that were possessed with them. And many taken with paulsies, & many that haulted, were healed. 8 And there was great ioy in that citie. 9 But there was a certayne man called Simon, which beforetyme in the same citie vsed witchcraft, and bewitched the people of Samaria, saying that he was a man that coulde do great thynges: 10 Whom they regarded from the least to the greatest, saying: This man is the great power of God. 11 And hym they sette much by, because that of long tyme he had bewitched the with sorseries. 12 But assoone as they gaue credence to Philips preachyng of the kyngdome of God, and of the name of Iesus Christe, they were baptized, both men & wome. 13 Then Simon him selfe beleued also: And whe he was baptized, he continued with Philip, & wondred, beholding the miracles & signes which were shewed.

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 he abode yet other seuen dayes, and agayne he sent foorth the Doue out of the arke:
Genesis 8:11
And the Doue came to hym in the euentide, and loe, in her mouth was an Oliue leafe that she had pluct, wherby Noah dyd knowe that the waters were abated vpon the earth.
Genesis 8:12
And he abode yet other seuen dayes, and sent foorth the Doue, whiche returned not vnto him any more.
Song of Solomon 1:15
Oh howe fayre art thou my loue, Oh howe fayre art thou? thou hast doues eyes. O howe fayre art thou my beloued, howe well fauoured art thou?
Song of Solomon 2:14
O stande vp then and come my loue my beautifull, [and come I say] O my doue, out of the caues of the rockes, out of the holes of the wall, O let me see thy countenaunce and heare thy voyce: for sweete is thy voyce, and fayre is thy face.
Matthew 10:16
Beholde, I sende you foorth, as sheepe in the middest of woolfes. Be ye therfore wyse as serpentes, and harmelesse as doues.

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.


 
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