Acts 8:8

Christian Standard Bible ®

So there was great joy in that city.

Parallel Translations

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.

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

⁴So those who were scattered went on their way preaching the word. ⁵Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Messiah to them. ⁶The crowds were all paying attention to what Philip said, as they listened and saw the signs he was performing. ⁷For unclean spirits, crying out with a loud voice, came out of many who were possessed, and many who were paralyzed and lame were healed. ⁸So there was great joy in that city.⁹A man named Simon had previously practiced sorcery in that city and amazed the Samaritan people, while claiming to be somebody great. ¹⁰They all paid attention to him, from the least of them to the greatest, and they said, “This man is called the Great Power of God.” ¹¹They were attentive to him because he had amazed them with his sorceries for a long time. ¹²But when they believed Philip, as he proclaimed the good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, both men and women were baptized. ¹³Even Simon himself believed. And after he was baptized, he followed Philip everywhere and was amazed as he observed the signs and great miracles that were being performed.

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
So Noah waited seven more days and sent out the dove from the ark again.

Genesis 8:11
When the dove came to him at evening, there was a plucked olive leaf in its beak. So Noah knew that the water on the earth’s surface had gone down.

Genesis 8:12
After he had waited another seven days, he sent out the dove, but it did not return to him again.

Song of Solomon 1:15
How beautiful you are, my darling.How very beautiful!Your eyes are doves.

Song of Solomon 2:14
My dove, in the clefts of the rock,in the crevices of the cliff,let me see your face,let me hear your voice;for your voice is sweet,and your face is lovely.

Matthew 10:16
“Look, I’m sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as serpents and as innocent 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.