Acts 9:3

So advancing on his journey, he was drawing nigh to Damascus: and suddenly there shone around him a light from heaven:

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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

2besought of him letters for the synagogues at Damascus, that if he should find any persons of this way, whether men or women, he might bring them in chains to Jerusalem.

4and falling on the ground, he heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

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Cross References

Acts 22:6But as I went and drew nigh to Damascus, at noon-day, suddenly there shone a great light from heaven around me.

1 Corinthians 15:8And last of all he was seen also by me, who am but as an abortion.

Revelation 21:23And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon to shine upon it: for the glory of God illuminates it, and the Lamb is the lamp thereof.

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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