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ActsAct 8:7 ActsAct 8 ActsAct 8:9

There was great joy in that city.

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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;

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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.

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.

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Contextual Overview

⁴ Therefore those who were scattered abroad went around preaching the word. ⁵ Pilipos went down to the city of Shomron, and proclaimed to them the Messiah. ⁶ The multitudes listened with one accord to the things that were spoken by Pilipos, when they heard and saw the signs which he did. ⁷ For unclean spirits came out of many of those who had them. They came out, crying with a loud voice. Many who had been paralyzed and lame were healed. ⁸ There was great joy in that city. ⁹ But there was a certain man, Shim`on by name, who had used sorcery in the city before, and amazed the people of Shomron, making himself out to be some great one, ¹⁰ to whom they all listened, from the least to the greatest, saying, "This man is that great power of God." ¹¹ They listened to him, because for a long time he had amazed them with his sorceries. ¹² But when they believed Pilipos preaching good news concerning the kingdom of God and the name of Yeshua the Messiah, they were immersed, both men and women. ¹³ Shim`on himself also believed. Being immersed, he continued with Pilipos. Seeing signs and great miracles done, he was amazed.

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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

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Cross-References

Genesis 8:10
He stayed yet another seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the teivah.

Genesis 8:11
The dove came back to him at evening, and, behold, in her mouth was an olive leaf plucked off. So Noach knew that the waters were abated from off the eretz.

Genesis 8:12
He stayed yet another seven days, and sent forth the dove; and she didn't return to him any more.

Song of Solomon 1:15
Behold, you are beautiful, my love. Behold, you are beautiful. Your eyes are doves. Beloved

Song of Solomon 2:14
My dove in the clefts of the rock, In the hiding places of the mountainside, Let me see your face. Let me hear your voice; For your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.

Matthew 10:16
"Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

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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.

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And there was great joy - This joy arose:

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.

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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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Acts 8:8

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