{"id":1933,"date":"2012-01-31T05:00:04","date_gmt":"2012-01-31T11:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=1933"},"modified":"2022-02-25T01:52:04","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T07:52:04","slug":"acts-226-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=1933","title":{"rendered":"Acts 22:6-11"},"content":{"rendered":"

6<\/sup> \u201cNow it happened, as I journeyed and came near Damascus at about noon, suddenly a great light from heaven shone around me.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

7<\/sup> And I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, \u2018Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?\u2019<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

8<\/sup> So I answered, \u2018Who are You, Lord?\u2019 And He said to me, \u2018I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting.\u2019<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

9<\/sup> \u201cAnd those who were with me indeed saw the light and were afraid,but they did not hear the voice of Him who spoke to me.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

10<\/sup> So I said, \u2018What shall I do, Lord?\u2019 And the Lord said to me, \u2018Arise and go into Damascus, and there you will be told all things which are appointed for you to do.\u2019<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

11<\/sup> And since I could not see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of those who were with me, I came into Damascus. <\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

This is Paul’s personal account of his conversion which was earlier given in Luke’s words in Acts 9:3-8<\/span><\/a>.<\/h3>\n

great light (v.6) \u2014 brighter than the sun (Acts 26:13<\/span><\/a>) \u2014 evident especially as it was noon<\/h3>\n

heard not the voice (v.9) \u2014 Acts 9:7<\/span><\/a> says that Paul’s companions heard the voice.<\/h3>\n

Paul heard a voice speaking to him in definite and articulate words; whereas those who traveled with him only heard the sound of a voice but caught no words. This appears from the difference in the Greek construction used in Acts 9:7<\/span><\/a>, and accounts for the statement of Acts 22:9<\/span><\/a>. \u2014 Walker, page 207.<\/span><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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