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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.

KJV

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

Greek NT

Multi enim eorum qui habebant spiritus immundos, clamantes voce magna exibant. Multi autem paralytici et claudi curati sunt.

Vulgate

For from many of those that had unclean spirits, they came out, crying with a loud voice: and many that were palsied, and that were lame, were healed.

ASV

For many of them who had unclean spirits, crying with a loud voice, went out.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

βοάω
boao
verb · 12×
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
θεραπεύω
therapeuo
verb · 43×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
μέγας
megas
adjective · 244×
παραλύω
paraluo
verb · 5×
πνεῦμα
pneuma
noun · 379×
πολύς
polus
adjective · 412×
φωνή
phone
noun · 139×
χωλός
cholos
adjective · 14×
ἀκάθαρτος
akathartos
adjective · 31×
ἐξέρχομαι
exerchomai
verb · 221×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: πολλοὶ | WH/Treg/NIV: πολλοὶ | RP: Πολλῶν
  • πολλοὶSBLGNT
  • πολλοὶWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ΠολλῶνRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ἐξήρχοντο | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐξήρχοντο | RP: ἐξήρχετο
  • ἐξήρχοντοSBLGNT
  • ἐξήρχοντοWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἐξήρχετοRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Miracle

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Acts 5:16 — There came also a multitude out of the cities round about unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed every one.
  • Acts 14:8 — And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother’s womb, who never had walked:
  • Heb 2:4 — God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?
  • John 14:12 — Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
  • Mark 16:17 — And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
  • Mark 16:17 — And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
  • Matt 8:6 — And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.
  • Matt 10:1 — And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.