Acts 9:3

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

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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

2and asked him for letters for the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any who belonged to the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

4and he fell upon the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?”

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Cross References

Psalms 104:2You cover yourself with light as with a garment; 1 you spread out the heavens like a tent curtain. 1

Acts 22:6It happened that when I was traveling and nearing Damascus, about noon suddenly a great light from heaven began to shine around me.

1 Corinthians 15:8Last of all, he appeared to me, as if to a child born at the wrong time.

Revelation 21:23The city had no need of the sun or the moon in order to shine on it because the glory of God shone on it, and its lamp 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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