Acts 8:8

8 So there was great joy in that city.

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Acts 8:8 in Other Translations

KJV

8 And there was great joy in that city.

ESV

8 So there was much joy in that city.

NLT

8 So there was great joy in that city.

MSG

8 And what joy in the city!

CSB

8 So there was great joy in that city.

Acts 8:8 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 8:8

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.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Acts 8:8 In-Context

6 When the crowds heard Philip and saw the signs he performed, they all paid close attention to what he said.

7 For with shrieks, impure spirits came out of many, and many who were paralyzed or lame were healed.

8 So there was great joy in that city.

9 Now for some time a man named Simon had practiced sorcery in the city and amazed all the people of Samaria. He boasted that he was someone great,

10 and all the people, both high and low, gave him their attention and exclaimed, “This man is rightly called the Great Power of God.”

Acts 8:8

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Acts 8:8 in Other Translations

Acts 8:8 Meaning and Commentary

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