Acts 8:7

7 For with shrieks, impure spirits came out of many, and many who were paralyzed or lame were healed.

Acts 8:7 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
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.
English Standard Version (ESV)
7 For unclean spirits, crying out with a loud voice, came out of many who had them, and many who were paralyzed or lame were healed.
New Living Translation (NLT)
7 Many evil spirits were cast out, screaming as they left their victims. And many who had been paralyzed or lame were healed.
The Message Bible (MSG)
7 Many who could neither stand nor walk were healed that day. The evil spirits protested loudly as they were sent on their way.
American Standard Version (ASV)
7 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.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
7 Evil spirits screamed as they came out of the many people they had possessed. Many paralyzed and lame people were cured.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
7 For unclean spirits, crying out with a loud voice, came out of many who were possessed, and many who were paralyzed and lame were healed.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
7 Evil spirits screamed and came out of many people. Many who were disabled or who couldn't walk were healed.

Acts 8:7 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 8:7

For unclean spirits
Devils, so called because they were unclean themselves, defiled others, add delighted in impure persons and places; (See Gill on Matthew 10:1)

crying with loud voice;
showing their unwillingness to remove, and the irresistibleness of divine power they could not withstand:

came out of many that were possessed
with them; who had for a long time dwelt in them, and had greatly afflicted them:

and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed;
by Philip, in the name of Christ, through a word speaking, or by touching them, without making use of any means or medicines.

Acts 8:7 In-Context

5 Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Messiah there.
6 When the crowds heard Philip and saw the signs he performed, they all paid close attention to what he said.
7 For with shrieks, impure spirits came out of many, and many who were paralyzed or lame were healed.
8 So there was great joy in that city.
9 Now for some time a man named Simon had practiced sorcery in the city and amazed all the people of Samaria. He boasted that he was someone great,

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