Acts 9:3

And in the going, he came near to Damascus, and suddenly there shone around him a light from Heaven,

Literal Standard 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

2asked from him letters to Damascus, to the synagogues, that if he may find any being of The Way, both men and women, he may bring them bound to Jerusalem.

4and having fallen on the earth, he heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?”

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Cross References

Psalms 104:2Covering Himself [with] light as a garment, || Stretching out the heavens as a curtain,

Acts 22:6and it came to pass, in my going on and coming near to Damascus, about noon, suddenly out of Heaven there shone 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, that they may shine in it; for the glory of God lightens it, and the lamp of it—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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