Acts 9:3

And on going, it came to pass for him to approach Damascus. And suddenly there shone around him a light out of heaven.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven:

In Context

2he requested letters from him for Damascus, to the synagogues, so that if he found any who were of the Way, both men and women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

4And after falling to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why do thou persecute me?

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Cross References

Psalms 104:2who covers thyself with light as with a garment, who stretches out the heavens like a curtain,

Acts 22:6And there happened to me, while going and approaching Damascus about noon, suddenly to flash forth from heaven a great light around me.

1 Corinthians 15:8and last of all, as to the untimely birth, he also appeared to me.

Revelation 21:23And the city has no need of the sun, nor of the moon, so that they might shine in it, for the glory of God illuminated it, and the light of it is the Lamb.

Matthew Henry on Acts 9:2-10

Saul's Conversion. 1 And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, 2 And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem. 3 And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven: 4 And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? 5… Read the whole commentary →

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