Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

and they all, from smallest to greatest, were giving attention to him, saying, “This man is what is called the Great Power of God.”

King James Version

To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.

Holman Bible

They 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!”

International Standard Version

Everyone from the least to the greatest paid close attention to him, saying, "This is what we call the great power of God!"

A Conservative Version

to whom they gave heed, from small to great, saying, This man is the great power of God.

American Standard Version

to whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is that power of God which is called Great.

Amplified

They all paid [a great deal of] attention to him, from the least to the greatest, saying, “This man is what is called the Great Power of God!”

An Understandable Version

Everyone, from the least to the greatest [in importance], was being impressed by him. They were saying, "This man is being called Great [and has] power from God."

Anderson New Testament

to whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying: This man is the great power of God.

Bible in Basic English

To whom they all gave attention, from the smallest to the greatest, saying, This man is that power of God which is named Great.

Common New Testament

and they all, from the least to the greatest, gave attention to him, saying, "This man is what is called the Great Power of God."

Daniel Mace New Testament

that they all followed him, both old and young. this man, said they, is the plenipotentiary of God.

Darby Translation

To whom they had all given heed, from small to great, saying, This is the power of God which is called great.

Godbey New Testament

to whom all from small even unto the great gave heed, saying, This one is the power of God, called Great.

Goodspeed New Testament

Everyone there, high and low, made much of him, and said, "He must be what is known as the Great Power of God!"

John Wesley New Testament

To whom they all gave heed from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.

Julia Smith Translation

To whom attended from little to great, saying, This is the great power of God.

King James 2000

To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.

Lexham Expanded Bible

They were all paying attention to {him}, from the least to the greatest, saying, "This man is the power of God that is called 'Great.'"

Modern King James verseion

All gave heed to him, from the least to the greatest, saying, This one is the great power of God.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Whom they regarded, from the least to the greatest, saying, "This fellow is the great power of God."

Moffatt New Testament

and all sorts and conditions of people attached themselves to him, declaring he was that Power of God which is known as 'the Great Power.'

Montgomery New Testament

Many from all classes would give heed to him, declaring, "This man is the Power of God, known as the Great Power."

NET Bible

All the people, from the least to the greatest, paid close attention to him, saying, "This man is the power of God that is called 'Great.'"

New Heart English Bible

to whom they all listened, from the least to the greatest, saying, "This man is that power of God which is called Great."

Noyes New Testament

to whom they gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the Power of God, which is called Great.

Sawyer New Testament

to whom all from the least to the greatest attended, saying, This is the power of God which is called great.

The Emphasized Bible

Unto whom all were giving heed, from small even to great, saying - This, is the Power of God, which is called Great.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

to whom all gave heed from the small to the great, saying, This man is the great power of God.

Twentieth Century New Testament

Every one, high and low, paid attention to him. 'This man,' they used to say, 'must be that Power of God which men call "The Great Power."'

Webster

To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.

Weymouth New Testament

To him people of all classes paid attention, declaring, "This man is the Power of God, known as the great Power."

Williams New Testament

Everybody, high and low, kept running after him, saying, "He is certainly what is known as the Great Power of God!"

World English Bible

to whom they all listened, from the least to the greatest, saying, "This man is that great power of God."

Worrell New Testament

to whom all were giving heed, from small to great, saying, "This man is the power of God, which is called Great."

Worsley New Testament

Whom they all greatly regarded, from the lest to the greatest, saying, This man is as the great power of God.

Youngs Literal Translation

to whom they were all giving heed, from small unto great, saying, 'This one is the great power of God;'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
To whom
ὅς ἥ ὅ 
Hos 
Usage: 980

πᾶς 
Pas 
Usage: 704

προσέχω 
Prosecho 
Usage: 15

ἀπό 
Apo 
from, of, out of, for, off, by, at, in, since 9, on, not tr., .
Usage: 490

the least
μικρός μικρότερος 
Mikros 
Usage: 15

to
ἕως 
heos 
till, unto, until, to, till 9,
Usage: 74

the greatest
μέγας 
megas 
Usage: 167

λέγω 
Lego 
Usage: 1045

οὗτος οὗτοι αὕτη αὕται 
Houtos 
this, these, he, the same, this man, she, they,
Usage: 258

is
ἐστί 
Esti 
is, are, was, be, have, not tr, , vr is
Usage: 585

the great
μέγας 
megas 
Usage: 167

δύναμις 
Dunamis 
Usage: 95

Context Readings

Philip Preaches In Samaria

9 Now there was a man named Simon, who formerly was practicing magic in the city and astonishing the people of Samaria, claiming to be someone great; 10 and they all, from smallest to greatest, were giving attention to him, saying, “This man is what is called the Great Power of God.” 11 And they were giving him attention because he had for a long time astonished them with his magic arts.

Cross References

Acts 14:11

When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they raised their voice, saying in the Lycaonian language, “The gods have become like men and have come down to us.”

Acts 28:6

But they were expecting that he was about to swell up or suddenly fall down dead. But after they had waited a long time and had seen nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and began to say that he was a god.

Jeremiah 6:13

“For from the least of them even to the greatest of them,
Everyone is greedy for gain,
And from the prophet even to the priest
Everyone deals falsely.

Jeremiah 8:10

“Therefore I will give their wives to others,
Their fields to new owners;
Because from the least even to the greatest
Everyone is greedy for gain;
From the prophet even to the priest
Everyone practices deceit.

Jeremiah 31:34

They will not teach again, each man his neighbor and each man his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them,” declares the Lord, “for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.”

Jonah 3:5

Then the people of Nineveh believed in God; and they called a fast and put on sackcloth from the greatest to the least of them.

1 Corinthians 1:24

but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.

2 Corinthians 11:19

For you, being so wise, tolerate the foolish gladly.

Ephesians 4:14

As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming;

2 Peter 2:2

Many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of the truth will be maligned;

Revelation 13:3

I saw one of his heads as if it had been slain, and his fatal wound was healed. And the whole earth was amazed and followed after the beast;

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