Parallel Verses
Anderson New Testament
And there was great joy in that city.
New American Standard Bible
So there was
King James Version
And there was great joy in that city.
Holman Bible
So there was great joy in that city.
International Standard Version
As a result, there was great rejoicing in that city.
A Conservative Version
And there became great joy in that city.
American Standard Version
And there was much joy in that city.
Amplified
So there was great rejoicing in that city.
An Understandable Version
And there was much rejoicing in Samaria [over the wonderful effects of Philip's ministry].
Bible in Basic English
And there was much joy in that town.
Common New Testament
So there was much joy in that city.
Daniel Mace New Testament
which caused great joy in that city.
Darby Translation
And there was great joy in that city.
Godbey New Testament
and there was great joy in that city.
Goodspeed New Testament
So there was great rejoicing in that city.
John Wesley New Testament
And there was great joy in that city.
Julia Smith Translation
And great joy was in that city.
King James 2000
And there was great joy in that city.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And there was great joy in that city.
Modern King James verseion
And there was great joy in that city.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And there was great joy in that city.
Moffatt New Testament
So there was great rejoicing in that town.
Montgomery New Testament
There began to be great joy in that city.
NET Bible
So there was great joy in that city.
New Heart English Bible
There was great joy in that city.
Noyes New Testament
And there was great joy in that city.
Sawyer New Testament
and there was great joy in that city.
The Emphasized Bible
And there came to be great joy in that city.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
And there was great joy in that city.
Twentieth Century New Testament
And many who were paralyzed or lame were cured, so that there was great rejoicing throughout that city.
Webster
And there was great joy in that city.
Weymouth New Testament
And there was great joy in that city.
Williams New Testament
So there was great rejoicing in that city.
World English Bible
There was great joy in that city.
Worrell New Testament
and there was much joy in that city.
Worsley New Testament
And there was great joy in that city.
Youngs Literal Translation
and there was great joy in that city.
Themes
Awakenings and religious reforms » At the feast of pentecost ac 2 » Under philip at samaria
religious Awakenings » At the feast of pentecost ac 2 » Under philip at samaria
Christian ministers » Success attending » Philip
Joy » Of saints should be » Great
Joy » Holy--exemplified » Samaritans
Miracles » Miracles performed by the disciples and apostles » By philip
Philip » One of the seven servants (greek: diakonos) » Successfully preaches in samaria
Preaching » Effective » By philip
Samaria » Country of » Disciples made from the inhabitants of
Samaria » City of, built by omri » Visited by philip, peter, and john
modern Samaria » Inhabitants of » Ready to hear and embrace the gospel
Samaritans » Philip did a successful work among them
Spiritual » special reasons for Joy » Times of spiritual refreshing
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Acts 8:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Philip Preaches In Samaria
7 For unclean spirits, crying with a loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them, and many paralytics and lame per sons were cured. 8 And there was great joy in that city. 9 But there was a certain man, named Simon, who had, be fore this time, been practicing magic in the city, and astonishing the people of Samaria, saying that he was some great one;
Cross References
Luke 2:10-11
And the angel said to them: Be not afraid; for, behold, I bring you good news of great joy, which shall be for all people.
Acts 8:39
And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip; and the eunuch saw him no more, for he went on his way rejoicing.
Acts 13:48
When the Gentiles heard this they rejoiced, and glorified the word of the Lord; and as many as were determined to obtain eternal life, believed.
Acts 13:52
And the disciples were filled with joy and the Holy Spirit.
Romans 15:9-12
and that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy, as it is written: For this cause I will give praise to thee among the Gentiles, and to thy name will I sing.