Acts 8:8

New Life Version

There was much joy in that city.

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.

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 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 Those who had been made to go to other places preached the Word as they went. ⁵ Philip went down to a city in Samaria and preached about Christ. ⁶ The people all listened to what Philip said. As they listened, they watched him do powerful works. ⁷ There were many people who had demons in their bodies. The demons cried with loud voices when they went out of the people. Many of the people could not move their bodies or arms and legs. They were all healed. ⁸ There was much joy in that city. ⁹ A man by the name of Simon had done witchcraft there. The people of Samaria were surprised at the things he did. He pretended that he was a great man. ¹⁰ All the people watched and listened to him. They said, "This man must be that great power of God." ¹¹ They kept running after him. For a long time he fooled them with his witchcraft. ¹² Philip told the Good News of the holy nation of God and of Jesus Christ. Both men and women put their trust in Christ and were baptized. ¹³ Even Simon believed in Christ and was baptized. He went along with Philip everywhere. He was surprised when he saw the powerful works that were being done.

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
He waited another seven days, and sent the dove from the boat again.

Genesis 8:11
The dove returned to him in the evening. In her mouth was an olive leaf that had just been picked. So Noah knew that the water had gone from the earth.

Genesis 8:12
Then he waited another seven days, and sent out the dove. But she did not return to him again.

Song of Solomon 1:15
"How beautiful you are, my love! How beautiful you are! Your eyes are like doves."

Song of Solomon 2:14
O my dove, hidden in the rock, in the secret place in the mountain-side, let me see you. Let me hear your voice. For your voice is sweet, and you are beautiful.

Matthew 10:16
"I am sending you out like sheep with wolves all around you. Be wise like snakes and gentle like 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.