Acts 22:9 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 22:9

My companions saw the light, but they could not understand the voice of the One speaking to me.

BSB

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ASV

And they that were with me beheld indeed the light, but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

2 voices

Jerome

St. Jerome, Commentary on Daniel, CHAPTER TEN (420)

[Daniel 10:7] "And I, Daniel, alone saw the vision, for the men who were with me saw it not; but an exceeding great terror fell upon them, and they fled away and hid themselves." The Apostle Paul had a similar experience in the Book of Acts, in that while the others could see nothing, he alone beheld the vision (Acts 22:6-9).

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And they that were with me saw indeed the light,.... For it shone about them, as well as Saul: and were afraid; the Alexandrian copy, the Vulgate Latin, and Syriac versions, have not this clause; but it stands in the Arabic and Ethiopic versions; the suddenness, greatness, and extraordinariness of the light surprised them, for it was even miraculous: but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me: they heard the voice of Saul, but not the voice of Christ; at least they did not hear it so as to understand it; See Gill on Act 9:7.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
οἱ	hoi	Those	G3588 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
σὺν	sun	with	G4862 →
ἐμοὶ	emoi	me myself	G1473 →
ὄντες	ontes	being	G1510 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
μὲν	men	indeed	G3303 →
φῶς	phōs	light	G5457 →
ἐθεάσαντο	etheasanto	beheld	G2300 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
φωνὴν	phōnēn	voice	G5456 →
οὐκ	ouk	not	G3756 →
ἤκουσαν	ēkousan	did they hear	G191 →
τοῦ	tou	the [One]	G3588 →
λαλοῦντός	lalountos	speaking	G2980 →
μοι.	moi	to me.	G3165 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Acts 9:7
The men traveling with Saul stood there speechless. They heard the voice but did not see anyone.
leads to
- Daniel 10:7
  Only I, Daniel, saw the vision; the men with me did not see it, but a great terror fell upon them, and they ran and hid themselves.
- Acts 26:13–14
  About noon, O king, as I was on the road, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and my companions.
- John 12:29
  The crowd standing there heard it and said that it had thundered. Others said that an angel had spoken to Him.
- Matthew 24:40–41
  Two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left.
Through
Daniel 10:7
Only I, Daniel, saw the vision; the men with me did not see it, but a great terror fell upon them, and they ran and hid themselves.
leads to
- Acts 9:7
  The men traveling with Saul stood there speechless. They heard the voice but did not see anyone.
- Genesis 3:10
  “I heard Your voice in the garden,” he replied, “and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.”
Through
Acts 26:13
About noon, O king, as I was on the road, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and my companions.
leads to
- Revelation 21:23
  And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp.
- Revelation 1:16
  He held in His right hand seven stars, and a sharp double-edged sword came from His mouth. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Acts

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Acts