Acts 9:7 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 9:7

The men traveling with Saul stood there speechless. They heard the voice but did not see anyone.

BSB

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ASV

And the men that journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing the voice, but beholding no man.

KJV

And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man.

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Commentary

4 voices

Theophylact of Ohrid

Commentary on Acts (1107)

"And the men who journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice but seeing no one." The light shines upon all who were with him, so that they might bear witness to this apparition, but it blinds not all of them, but only Paul alone, …

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

The men - stood - Having risen before Saul; for they also fell to the ground, chap. xxvi, 14. It is probable they all journeyed on foot. Hearing the noise - But not an articulate voice.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

No external means will of themselves work a change in the soul, without the Spirit and grace of God, which distinguish between some and others; among these that journeyed together, one is taken, and the others left. They stood speechless; none of them said, Who art thou, Lord? or, What wilt thou have me to do? as Paul did, but none of God's children are born dumb.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

And the men which journeyed with him - Why these men attended him is unknown. They might have been appointed to aid him, or they may have been travelers with whom Saul had accidentally fallen in. Stood speechless - In Act 26:14, it is said that they all fell to the earth at the appearance of the light. But there is no contradiction. The narrative in that place refers to the immediate effect of the appearance of the light. They were immediately smitten to the ground together. This was before the voice spake to Saul, Act 26:

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
οἱ	hoi	<the>	G3588 →
δὲ	de	And	G1161 →
ἄνδρες	andres	the men	G435 →
οἱ	hoi	those	G3588 →
συνοδεύοντες	sunodeuontes	traveling with	G4922 →
αὐτῷ	autō	him	G846 →
εἱστήκεισαν	heistēkeisan	had stood	G2476 →
ἐνεοί,	eneoi	speechless,	G1769 →
ἀκούοντες	akouontes	hearing	G191 →
μὲν	men	indeed	G3303 →
τῆς	tēs	the	G3588 →
φωνῆς,	phōnēs	voice,	G5456 →
μηδένα	mēdena	no one	G3367 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
θεωροῦντες.	theōrountes	seeing.	G2334 →

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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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 22:9
My companions saw the light, but they could not understand the voice of the One speaking to me.
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.
Through
John 12:29
The crowd standing there heard it and said that it had thundered. Others said that an angel had spoken to Him.
leads to
- Job 37:2–5
  Listen closely to the thunder of His voice and the rumbling that comes from His mouth.
- Revelation 6:1
  Then I watched as the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say in a thunderous voice, “Come!”
- Revelation 14:2
  And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of many waters and the loud rumbling of thunder. And the sound I heard was like harpists strumming their harps.
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 22:9
  My companions saw the light, but they could not understand the voice of the One speaking to me.
- Genesis 3:10
  “I heard Your voice in the garden,” he replied, “and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.”
- Isaiah 2:10
  Go into the rocks and hide in the dust from the terror of the LORD and the splendor of His majesty.
- Hebrews 12:21
  The sight was so terrifying that even Moses said, “I am trembling with fear.”

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01Commentary

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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