King James Version
Acts 8:10 in the King James Version says “To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.” — study this verse from Acts chapter 8 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.”
Acts 8:10 · KJV
And there was great joy in that city.
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:
To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.
And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries.
But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“gave heed”
G4337(figuratively) to hold the mind (3563 implied) towards, i.e., pay attention to, be cautious about, apply oneself to, adhere to
“from”
G575"off," i.e., away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative)
“saying”
G3004properly, to "lay" forth, i.e., (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas g2036 and g5346 generally refer to an
“power”
G1411force (literally or figuratively); specially, miraculous power (usually by implication, a miracle itself)
“of God”
G2316a deity, especially (with g3588) the supreme divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; exceedingly (by hebraism)
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