Acts 8:7

Acts 8:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)For with shrieks, impure spirits came out of many, and many who were paralyzed or lame were healed.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For unclean spirits, crying with a loud voice, came out of many who were possessed; and many who were paralyzed and lame were healed.

Context of Acts 8:7

5Philip went down to the main city of Samaria and proclaimed the Messiah to them. 6The crowds were paying close attention to what Philip was saying—as they both heard and saw the signs that he was doing. For unclean spirits were coming out of many who were plagued, shrieking with a loud voice. Many paralyzed and crippled were healed also. 8So there was great joy in that city. 9Now a man named Simon had been practicing magic in the city and astonishing the people of Samaria, saying he was someone great.

Acts 8:7 word by word

πολλοὶ γὰρ τῶν ἐχόντων πνεύματα ἀκάθαρτα βοῶντα φωνῇ μεγάλῃ ἐξήρχοντο, πολλοὶ δὲ παραλελυμένοι καὶ χωλοὶ ἐθεραπεύθησαν·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• uncleanἀκάθαρτοςakathartos · uncleanG169
• spiritsπνεῦμαpneuma · spirit/breath: spiritG4151
• cryingβοάωboaō · to cry outG994
• with loudμέγαςmegas · greatG3173
• voiceφωνήphōnē · voice/sound: voiceG5456
• came outἐξέρχομαιexerchomai · to go outG1831
• of manyπολύςpolus polos · muchG4183
• that were possessedἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• andδέde · thenG1161
• taken with palsiesπαραλύωparaluō · to paralyzeG3886
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• that wereθεραπεύωtherapeuō · to serve/healG2323
• lameχωλόςchōlos · lameG5560

Cross-references for Acts 8:7

• Acts 5:16Crowds were also gathering from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing those who were sick or tormented by unclean spirits, and they were all being healed.
• Matthew 10:1Yeshua summoned His twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, so they could drive them out and heal every kind of disease and sickness.
• Mark 9:26After howling and shaking the boy wildly, it came out. The boy became so much like a corpse that many were saying, “He’s dead!”
• Mark 16:17These signs will accompany those who believe: in My name they will drive out demons; they will speak new languages;
• Luke 10:17Then the seventy returned with joy, saying, “Master, even the demons submit to us in Your name!”
• John 14:12“Amen, amen I tell you, he who puts his trust in Me, the works that I do he will do; and greater than these he will do, because I am going to the Father.
• Hebrews 2:4At the same time, God was testifying by signs and wonders and various miracles and gifts of the Ruach ha-Kodesh, according to His will.
• Acts 9:33There he found a man named Aeneas, who had been bedridden for eight years—he was paralyzed.
• Mark 2:3Some people came bringing to Him a paralyzed man, carried by four men.
• Acts 3:6But Peter said, “Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give to you—in the name of Yeshua ha-Mashiach ha-Natzrati, get up and walk!”
• Acts 14:8Now a man was sitting in Lystra without strength in his feet, lame from birth, who had never walked.
• Isaiah 35:6Then the lame will leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute will sing. For water will burst forth in the desert and streams in the wilderness.
• Matthew 11:5the blind see and the lame walk, those with tza'arat are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised and the poor have good news proclaimed to them.
• Matthew 15:30And large crowds came to Him, bringing with them the lame, blind, disabled, mute, and many others. And they laid them at His feet, and He healed them.

Commentaries on Acts 8:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7For 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, etc., which they use. It is absolute trifling to deny it. If we, in our superior sagacity can…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7For 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.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-13Verses 5-13 As far as the gospel prevails, evil spirits are dislodged, particularly unclean spirits. All inclinations to the lusts of the flesh which war against the soul are such. Distempers are here named, the most difficult to be cured by the course of nature, and most expressive of the disease of sin. Pride, ambition, and desire after grandeur have always caused abundance of mischief, both to the world and to the church. The people said of Simon, This…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7Came out … healed: Miracles often happen when the gospel is preached in the book of Acts (see study note on 3:1–11).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-86-8. the people with one accord gave heed to ... Philip--the way being prepared perhaps by the fruits of our Lord's sojourn, as He Himself seems to intimate (see on Joh 4:31-38). But "we may mark the providence of God in sending a Grecian, or a Hellenistic Jew, to a people who from national antipathy would have been unlikely to attend to a native of Judea" [Webster and Wilkinson].Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 8:7

• Demons
• Paralysis
• Philip
• Preaching
• Samaria

In the dictionaries

• Believe
• Bitterness
• Consent
• Devout
• Havock
• Join
• Palsy
• Pray
• Regard
• Samaria

Commentaries on Acts 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings