Acts 22:9

The men that were with me saw that very bright light, and they heard that voice, but they didn’t understand the words that the voice said to me.

Plain English Version

In The King James Version

And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me.

In Context

8I asked him, ‘Who are you, boss?’ He said, ‘I am Jesus, from Nazareth. You are making trouble for me and hurting me.’

10Then I said, ‘What do you want me to do, boss?’ He said, ‘Get up and go into Damascus. A man there will tell you everything that I picked you to do.’

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Cross References

John 12:29Some of the people standing there thought they heard thunder, but other people there said, “No. An angel messenger talked to him.”

Acts 26:13And I’ll tell you what happened next, boss. In the middle of the day, while I was going along the road, I saw a bright light in the sky. It was even brighter than the sun. It shined all around me, and all around the men that were with me.

Matthew Henry on Acts 22:4-22

Paul's First Defence. 3 I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day. 4 And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women. 5 As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and went to… Read the whole commentary →

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