Acts 8:8

Mace New Testament

which caused great joy in that city.

Parallel Translations

Simplified Cowboy Version
A time of great joy had come to that part of the country.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
So there was much rejoicing in that city.

Legacy Standard Bible
So there was great joy in that city.

Bible in Basic English
And there was much joy in that town.

Darby Translation
And there was great joy in that city.

New King James Version
And there was great joy in that city.

Christian Standard Bible®
So there was great 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.

King James Version (1611)
And there was great ioy in that citie.

Literal Translation
And great joy was in that city.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And there was greate ioye in the same cite.

Amplified Bible
So there was great rejoicing in that city.

American Standard Version
And there was much joy in that city.

Revised Standard Version
So there was much joy in that city.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And ther was great ioye in that cite.

Update Bible Version
And there was much joy in that city.

Webster's Bible Translation
And there was great joy in that city.

Young's Literal Translation
and there was great joy in that city.

New Century Version
So the people in that city were very happy.

New English Translation
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.

English Standard Version
So there was much joy in that city.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And there was great ioy in that citie.

George Lamsa Translation
And there was great joy in that city.

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.

New Living Translation
So there was great joy in that city.

New Life Bible
There was much joy in that city.

English Revised Version
And there was much 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.

King James Version
And there was great joy in that city.

Lexham English Bible
And there was great joy in that city.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And there was great ioy in that citie.

Easy-to-Read Version
What a happy day this was for that city!

New American Standard Bible
So there was much rejoicing in that city.

Good News Translation
So there was great joy in that city.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And manye sijk in the palsi, and crokid, weren heelid.

Contextual Overview

⁴ but they that were dispers'd, preach'd the gospel wherever they went. ⁵ Philip being arrived at Samaria, preached Christ to them. ⁶ the people attended with great unanimity, hearing his discourses, and observing the miracles he wrought. ⁷ for the impure spirits, with great outcries, came out of many that were possessed: many paralytic, and lame people were cured. ⁸ which caused great joy in that city. ⁹ One Simon was then resident in that place, who pretended to be something extra-ordinary, and by his magical practices had so enchanted the people of Samaria, ¹⁰ that they all followed him, both old and young. this man, said they, is the plenipotentiary of God. ¹¹ no wonder they were so attach'd to one, who had for a long time infatuated them with his arts. ¹² but when they had embraced the doctrine of Philip, concerning the kingdom of the Messias, and the authority of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. ¹³ nay, Simon himself became a proselyte: and after he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and was transported at the sight of the miracles and prodigies which he perform'd.

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

Matthew 10:16
By your mission you will be expos'd like sheep in the midst of wolves: be then as circumspect as serpents, and as inoffensive as 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.