KJV King James Version
To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Acts 8:10
To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
and all the people, from the least to the greatest, heeded his words and said, “This man is the divine power called the Great Power.”
WEB World English Bible
to whom they all listened, from the least to the greatest, saying, “This man is that great power of God.”
ASV 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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
to whom they were all giving heed, from small unto great, saying, ‘This one is the great power of God;’
Surrounding context — Acts 8
7 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.
8 And there was great joy in that city.
9 But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:
10 To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.
11 And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries.
12 But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
13 Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ᾧG3739 · hos, hēwhichπροσεῖχονG4337 · prosechōto watch outπάντεςG3956 · pasallἀπὸG575 · apoaway fromμικροῦG3398 · mikrossmallἕωςG2193 · heōsuntilμεγάλουG3173 · megasgreatλέγοντες·G3004 · legōto sayοὗτόςG3778 · ohutosthis/he/she/itἐστινG1510 · eimito beἡG3588 · hothe/this/whoδύναμιςG1411 · dunamispowerτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoθεοῦG2316 · theosGodἡG3588 · hothe/this/whoκαλουμένηG2564 · kaleōto call: callμεγάλη.G3173 · megasgreat
Cross-references
Jeremiah 31:34And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.Revelation 13:3And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.2 Peter 2:2And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.Jonah 3:5So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.Ephesians 4:14That we [henceforth] be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, [and] cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;1 Corinthians 1:24But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.Acts 28:6Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.Jeremiah 6:13For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one [is] given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.Acts 14:11And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men.2 Corinthians 11:19For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye [yourselves] are wise.Jeremiah 8:10Therefore will I give their wives unto others, [and] their fields to them that shall inherit [them]: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
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