Acts 9:3

And in the going, he came nigh to Damascus, and suddenly there shone round about him a light from the heaven,

Young's Literal Translation

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

2did ask from him letters to Damascus, unto 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 upon the earth, he heard a voice saying to him, 'Saul, Saul, why me dost thou persecute?'

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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 nigh to Damascus, about noon, suddenly out of the heaven there shone a great light round about me,

1 Corinthians 15:8And last of all — as to the untimely birth — he appeared also to me,

Revelation 21:23and the city hath no need of the sun, nor of the moon, that they may shine in it; for the glory of God did lighten it, and the lamp of it [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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