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Acts 8:7

With loud shrieks, unclean spirits came out of many who were possessed, and many of the paralyzed and lame were healed.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Demons;   Paralysis;   Philip;   Preaching;   Samaria;   Scofield Reference Index - Churches;   Gospel;   Thompson Chain Reference - Awakenings and Religious Reforms;   Awakenings, Religious;   Demons;   Diseases;   Evil;   Health-Disease;   Miracles;   Missions, World-Wide;   Palsy;   Samaritans;   Satan-Evil Spirits;   Spirits, Evil;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Miracles Wrought through Servants of God;   Samaria, Modern;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Miracle;   Peter;   Samaria;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Gifts of the spirit;   Healing;   Philip;   Unclean spirits;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Holy Spirit;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Palsy;   Samaria;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Helps;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Acts;   Hebrews;   Lame, Lameness;   Palsy;   Philip;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Exorcism;   Gnosticism;   Mark, Gospel According to;   Peter;   Philip;   Simon Magus;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Cry;   Demon;   Exorcism;   Hellenism;   Palsy;   Sacraments;   Sickness;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Palsy;   Philip ;   Samaria ;   Samaritans;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Philip;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Apostle;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Healing, Gifts of;   Palsy;   Spiritual Gifts;  

Parallel Translations

Simplified Cowboy Version
He cast out demons who shrieked at their defeat and many paralyzed people were healed.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
For in the case of many who had unclean spirits, they were coming out of them shouting with a loud voice; and many who had been paralyzed and lame were healed.
Legacy Standard Bible
For in the case of many who had unclean spirits, they were coming out of them shouting with a loud voice; and many who had been paralyzed and lame were healed.
Bible in Basic English
For unclean spirits came out from those who had them, crying with a loud voice; and a number of those who were ill and broken in body were made well.
Darby Translation
For from many who had unclean spirits they went out, crying with a loud voice; and many that were paralysed and lame were healed.
New King James Version
For unclean spirits, crying with a loud voice, came out of many who were possessed; and many who were paralyzed and lame were healed.
Christian Standard Bible®
For unclean spirits, crying out with a loud voice, came out of many who were possessed, and many who were paralyzed and lame were healed.
World English Bible
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.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
For unclean spirits, crying with a loud voice, came out of many that had them, and many sick of the palsy and lame were healed.
Weymouth's New Testament
For, with a loud cry, foul spirits came out of many possessed by them, and many paralytics and lame persons were restored to health.
King James Version (1611)
For vncleane spirits, crying with lowd voyce, came out of many that were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed.
Literal Translation
For many of the ones having unclean spirits, crying with a loud voice, they came out. And many who had been paralyzed and lame were healed.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For the vncleane spretes cryed loude, and departed out of many yt were possessed. And many that were sicke of the palsie and lame, were healed.
Mace New Testament (1729)
for the impure spirits, with great outcries, came out of many that were possessed: many paralytic, and lame people were cured.
Amplified Bible
For unclean spirits (demons), shouting loudly, were coming out of many who were possessed; and many who had been paralyzed and lame were healed.
American Standard Version
For from many of those that had unclean spirits, they came out, crying with a loud voice: and many that were palsied, and that were lame, were healed.
Revised Standard Version
For unclean spirits came out of many who were possessed, crying with a loud voice; and many who were paralyzed or lame were healed.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
For vnclene spretes cryinge with loude voyce came out of many that were possessed of them. And manye taken with palsies and many yt halted were healed
Update Bible Version
For [from] many of those that had unclean spirits, they came out, crying with a loud voice: and many that were palsied, and that were lame, were healed.
Webster's Bible Translation
For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed.
Young's Literal Translation
for unclean spirits came forth from many who were possessed, crying with a loud voice, and many who have been paralytic and lame were healed,
New Century Version
Many of these people had evil spirits in them, but Philip made the evil spirits leave. The spirits made a loud noise when they came out. Philip also healed many weak and crippled people there.
New English Translation
For unclean spirits, crying with loud shrieks, were coming out of many who were possessed, and many paralyzed and lame people were healed.
Contemporary English Version
Many people with evil spirits were healed, and the spirits went out of them with a shout. A lot of crippled and lame people were also healed.
Complete Jewish Bible
For many people were having unclean spirits driven out of them, shrieking; also many paralytics and crippled persons were being healed;
English Standard Version
For unclean spirits, crying out with a loud voice, came out of many who had them, and many who were paralyzed or lame were healed.
Geneva Bible (1587)
For vncleane spirits crying wt a loud voyce, came out of many that were possessed of them: and many taken wt palsies, & that halted, were healed.
George Lamsa Translation
Many who were mentally afflicted, cried with loud voices and were restored; and others who were paralytic and lame, were healed.
Hebrew Names Version
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.
International Standard Version
Unclean spirits screamed with a loud voice as they came out of the many people they had possessed, and many paralyzed and lame people were healed.Mark 16:17;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
For many whom unclean spirits possessed cried with a high voice, and they came out from them; and others, palsied and lame, were healed:
Murdock Translation
For many who were possessed by unclean spirits, cried with a loud voice, and came out of them: and others, who were paralytic and lame, were healed.
New Living Translation
Many evil spirits were cast out, screaming as they left their victims. And many who had been paralyzed or lame were healed.
New Life Bible
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.
English Revised Version
For from many of those which had unclean spirits, they came out, crying with a loud voice: and many that were palsied, and that were lame, were healed.
New Revised Standard
for unclean spirits, crying with loud shrieks, came out of many who were possessed; and many others who were paralyzed or lame were cured.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For, from many who had impure spirits, shouting with a loud voice, they were going out, and, many that were paralysed and lame, were cured.
Douay-Rheims Bible
For many of them who had unclean spirits, crying with a loud voice, went out.
King James Version
For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed.
Lexham English Bible
For many of those who had unclean spirits, they were coming out of them, crying out with a loud voice, and many who were paralyzed and lame were healed.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For vncleane spirites, crying with loude voyce, came out of manye that were possessed with them. And many taken with paulsies, & many that haulted, were healed.
Easy-to-Read Version
Many of these people had evil spirits inside them, but Philip made the evil spirits leave them. The spirits made a lot of noise as they came out. There were also many weak and crippled people there. Philip made these people well too.
New American Standard Bible
For in the case of many who had unclean spirits, they were coming out of them shouting with a loud voice; and many who had been paralyzed or limped on crutches were healed.
Good News Translation
Evil spirits came out from many people with a loud cry, and many paralyzed and lame people were healed.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For manye of hem that hadden vnclene spirits, crieden with a greet vois, and wenten out.

Contextual Overview

4Those who had been scattered preached the word wherever they went. 5Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Christ to them. 6The crowds gave their undivided attention to Philip's message and the signs they saw him perform. 7With loud shrieks, unclean spirits came out of many who were possessed, and many of the paralyzed and lame were healed.8So there was great joy in that city. 9Prior to that time, a man named Simon had practiced sorcery in the city and astounded the people of Samaria. He claimed to be someone great, 10and all the people, from the least to the greatest, heeded his words and said, "This man is the divine power called the Great Power." 11They paid close attention to him because he had astounded them for a long time with his sorcery. 12But when they believed Philip as he preached the gospel of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. 13Even Simon himself believed and was baptized. He followed Philip closely and was astounded by the great signs and miracles he observed.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

unclean: Acts 5:16, Matthew 10:1, Mark 9:26, Mark 16:17, Mark 16:18, Luke 10:17, John 14:12, Hebrews 2:4

palsies: Acts 9:33, Acts 9:34, Mark 2:3-11

lame: Acts 3:6, Acts 3:7, Acts 14:8-10, Isaiah 35:6, Matthew 11:5, Matthew 15:30, Matthew 15:31

Reciprocal: Joshua 9:9 - because Matthew 8:6 - palsy Luke 7:22 - the lame Acts 8:13 - miracles and signs

Cross-References

Leviticus 11:15
any kind of raven,
1 Kings 17:4
And you are to drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there."
1 Kings 17:6
The ravens would bring him bread and meat in the morning and evening, and he would drink from the brook.
Job 38:41
Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God as they wander about for lack of food?
Psalms 147:9
He provides food for the animals, and for the young ravens when they call.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For unclean spirits,.... Devils, so called because they were unclean themselves, defiled others, add delighted in impure persons and places; :-

crying with loud voice; showing their unwillingness to remove, and the irresistibleness of divine power they could not withstand:

came out of many that were possessed with them; who had for a long time dwelt in them, and had greatly afflicted them:

and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed; by Philip, in the name of Christ, through a word speaking, or by touching them, without making use of any means or medicines.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For unclean spirits - See the notes on Matthew 4:24.

Crying with loud voice - See the notes on Mark 1:26.

Palsies - See the notes on Matthew 4:24.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 8:7. For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed — Hence it is evident that these unclean spirits were not a species of diseases; as they are here distinguished from the paralytic and the lame. There is nothing more certain than that the New Testament writers mean real diabolic possessions by the terms unclean spirits, devils, &c., which they use. It is absolute trifling to deny it. If we, in our superior sagacity can show that they were mistaken, that is quite a different matter!


 
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