Acts 8:10

[To] Whom all harkened, from the least to the most, and said, This is the virtue (or the power) of God, which is called great.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

9But there was a man in that city, whose name was Simon, a witch, that had deceived the folk of Samaria (or who had deceived the Samaritan people), saying, that himself was some great man.

11And they believed him, for (a) long time he had madded them (or he had astonished them) with his witchcrafts. [Forsooth they beheld him, for this thing, that much time he had made them mad with his witchings.]

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Cross References

Jeremiah 6:13For from the less unto the greater, all study to avarice; and all do guile, from the prophet unto the priest. (For from the least unto the greatest, all work hard to do avarice, or to fulfill their greed; and all be deceitful, from the prophet unto the priest.)

Jeremiah 31:34And a man shall no more teach his neighbour, and a man his brother, and say, Know thou the Lord; for all shall know me, from the least of them unto the most, saith the Lord; for I shall be merciful to the wickednesses of them, and I shall no more be mindful on the sin of them, (or for I shall be merciful to them regarding their wickednesses, and I shall remember their sin no more).

Acts 14:11And the people, when they had seen that that Paul did, reared their voice in Lycaonian tongue, and said, Gods made like to men be come down to us.

1 Corinthians 1:24but to those Jews and Greeks that be called, we preach Christ the virtue of God, and the wisdom of God. (but to those Jews and Greeks who be called, we preach the Messiah to be the power of God, and the wisdom of God.)

Ephesians 4:14(so) that we be not now little children, moving as (the) waves, and be not borne about with each wind of teaching, in the waywardness of men, in subtle wit, to the deceiving of error.

Revelation 13:3And I saw one of his heads, as slain into (the) death; and the wound of his death was cured [or was healed]. And all the earth wondered after the beast.

Matthew Henry on Acts 8:5-14

The Spreading of the Gospel; Philip's Success. 4 Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word. 5 Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them. 6 And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did. 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… Read the whole commentary →

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