Acts 22:6

It happened that when I was traveling and nearing Damascus, about noon suddenly a great light from heaven began to shine around me.

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In The King James Version

And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was come nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round about me.

In Context

5as the high priest and all the elders can bear witness. I received letters from them for the brothers in Damascus, and went there to bring them back in bonds to Jerusalem in order for them to be punished.

7I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?'

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Cross References

Genesis 15:2Abram said, “Lord Yahweh, what will you give me, since I continue childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”

Isaiah 24:23Then the moon will be ashamed, and the sun disgraced, 1 for Yahweh of hosts will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, 1 and before his elders in glory.

Acts 9:3As he was traveling, it happened that as he came near to Damascus, suddenly there shone all around him a light out of heaven;

Revelation 1:16He had seven stars in his right hand, and a sword with two sharp edges was coming out of his mouth. His face was shining like the sun at its strongest.

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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