Acts 8 · Verse 10

Acts 8:10

To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.
Acts 8:10, King James Version

Acts 8:10 in other translations

BSBand all the people, from the least to the greatest, heeded his words and said, “This man is the divine power called the Great Power.”
WEBto whom they all listened, from the least to the greatest, saying, “This man is that great power of God.”
ASVto whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is that power of God which is called Great.
YLTto whom they were all giving heed, from small unto great, saying, ‘This one is the great power of God;'
DARBYTo whom they had all given heed, from small to great, saying, This is the power of God which is called great.
BBETo whom they all gave attention, from the smallest to the greatest, saying, This man is that power of God which is named Great.
WebsterTo whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.

What does Acts 8:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 8:9-13

9-13. used sorcery--magical arts. some great one ... the great power of God--a sort of incarnation of divinity.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 10 This man is the great power of God - That is, he is invested with it, and can command and use it. They certainly did not believe him to be God; but they thought him to be endued with a great supernatural power. There is a remarkable reading here in several MSS. which should not pass unnoticed. In ABCDE, several others, together with the Ethiopic, Armenian, later Syriac, Vulgate, Itala, Origen, and Irenaeus, the word καλουμενη is added before μεγαλη, and the passage reads thus, This person is that power of God which is Called the Great. This appears to be the true reading; but what the Samaritans meant by that power of God which they termed the Great, we know not. Simon endeavored to persuade the people that he was a very great personage, and he succeeded.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 8:5-13

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…

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Acts 8:10 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ᾧhōto whomG3739
προσεῖχονproseichonwere giving heedG4337
πάντεςpantesallG3956
ἀπὸapofromG575
μικροῦmikrousmallG3398
ἕωςhe'ōsuntilG2193
μεγάλουmegalougreatG3173
λέγοντες·legontessaying;G3004
οὗτόςhoutosThis [one]G3778
ἐστινestinisG1510
ἡhētheG3588
δύναμιςdunamispowerG1411
τοῦtou<the>G3588
θεοῦtheouof GodG2316
ἡhēwhichG3588
καλουμένηkaloumenēis calledG2564
μεγάλη.megalēGreat.G3173

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Acts 8:10

  • 2 Peter 2:2

    And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.

  • Revelation 13:3

    And 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.

  • Jeremiah 31:34

    And 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.

  • Jeremiah 8:10

    Therefore 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.

  • Jonah 3:5

    So 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.

  • Acts 14:11

    And 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.

  • Ephesians 4:14

    That 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;

  • Jeremiah 6:13

    For 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 28:6

    Howbeit 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.

  • 1 Corinthians 1:24

    But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.

  • 2 Corinthians 11:19

    For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise.

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they.
2Co 11:19; Eph 4:14; 2Pe 2:2; Re 13:3
from.
Jer 6:13; 8:10; 31:34; Jon 3:5
the great power.
1Co 1:24

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Context

  • Acts 8:9

    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:

  • Acts 8:10

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

  • Acts 8:11

    And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries.

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Acts 8:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Al cual oían todos atentamente desde el más pequeño hasta el más grande, diciendo: Este es la gran virtud de Dios.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
auquel tous s’attachaient, depuis le petit jusqu’au grand, disant: Celui-ci est la puissance de Dieu appelée la grande.
German
Elberfelder 1871
welchem alle, vom Kleinen bis zum Großen, anhingen, indem sie sagten: Dieser ist die Kraft Gottes, die man die große nennt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
cui auscultabant omnes a minimo usque ad maximum, dicentes: Hic est virtus Dei, quæ vocatur magna.