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Acts 8:10

8 So there was great joy in that city.

9 Prior 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,

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.”

11 They paid close attention to him because he had astounded them for a long time with his sorcery.

12 But 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.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
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.”
KJV
To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.
WEB
to whom they all listened, from the least to the greatest, saying, “This man is that great power of God.”
ASV
to whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is that power of God which is called Great.
DARBY
To whom they had all given heed, from small to great, saying, This is the power of God which is called great.
BLB
to whom they were all giving heed, from small to great, saying, “This one is the power of God that [is] called Great.”
ÅB
ham gav de akt på, både små og store, de sa: Han er Guds kraft som kalles den store.
OTB
Alle menneskene, fra de minste til de største, fulgte ham og sa: "Denne mannen er Guds store kraft."
B1930
ham gav de akt på, både små og store, de sa: Han er Guds kraft som kalles den store.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 2 Peter 2:2

    Many will follow in their depravity, and because of them the way of truth will be defamed.

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  • Revelation 13:3

    One of the heads of the beast appeared to be mortally wounded. But the mortal wound was healed, and the whole world marveled and followed the beast.

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  • Jeremiah 31:34

    No longer will each man teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”

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  • Jeremiah 8:10

    Therefore I will give their wives to other men and their fields to new owners. For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.

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  • Jonah 3:5

    And the Ninevites believed God. They proclaimed a fast and dressed in sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least.

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  • Acts 14:11

    When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices in the Lycaonian language: “The gods have come down to us in human form!”

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  • Ephesians 4:14

    Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.

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  • Jeremiah 6:13

    “For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.

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