Acts 26:13

Acts 26:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me.
• New International Version (NIV)About noon, King Agrippa, as I was on the road, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, blazing around me and my companions.
• English Standard Version (ESV)At midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, that shone around me and those who journeyed with me.
• New King James Version (NKJV)at midday, O king, along the road I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who journeyed with me.

Context of Acts 26:13

11I frequently had them punished in the synagogues, and I tried to make them blaspheme. In my raging fury against them, I even went to foreign cities to persecute them. 12In this pursuit I was on my way to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests. 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. 14We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice say to me in Hebrew, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’ 15‘Who are You, Lord?’ I asked. ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,’ the Lord replied.

Acts 26:13 word by word

ἡμέρας μέσης κατὰ τὴν ὁδὸν εἶδον, βασιλεῦ, οὐρανόθεν ὑπὲρ τὴν λαμπρότητα τοῦ ἡλίου περιλάμψαν με φῶς καὶ τοὺς σὺν ἐμοὶ πορευομένους.Read the interlinear

• About noonμέσοςmesos · midstG3319
• About noonἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
• O kingβασιλεύςbasileus · kingG935
• onκατάkata · according toG2596
• theὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• roadὁδόςhodos · roadG3598
• I sawὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
• a lightφῶςphōs · lightG5457
• from heavenοὐρανόθενouranothen · from heavenG3771
• from heavenὑπέρhuper · above/forG5228
• brighter thanλαμπρότηςlamprotēs · brightnessG2987
• sunἥλιοςhēlios · sunG2246
• shining aroundπεριλάμπωperilampō · to shine aroundG4034
• meἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• my companionsπορεύωporeuomai · to travelG4198
• my companionsσύνsun · withG4862

Cross-references for Acts 26:13

• Acts 9:3As Saul drew near to Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.
• Acts 22:6About noon as I was approaching Damascus, suddenly a bright light from heaven flashed around me.
• Isaiah 24:23The moon will be confounded and the sun will be ashamed; for the LORD of Hosts will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before His elders with great glory.
• Isaiah 30:26The light of the moon will be as bright as the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter—like the light of seven days—on the day that the LORD binds up the brokenness of His people and heals the wounds He has inflicted.
• Matthew 17:2There He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light.
• Revelation 1:16He 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.
• Revelation 21:23And 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.

Commentaries on Acts 26:13

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12-15Verses 12-15 See this passage explained in the notes on Acts 9:5, etc.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-23Verses 12-23 Paul was made a Christian by Divine power; by a revelation of Christ both to him and in him; when in the full career of his sin. He was made a minister by Divine authority: the same Jesus who appeared to him in that glorious light, ordered him to preach the gospel to the Gentiles. A world that sits in darkness must be enlightened; those must be brought to know the things that belong to their everlasting peace, who are yet ignorant of them. A…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-18See 9:1–18.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-159-15. (See on Ac 9:1, &c.; and compare Ac 22:4, &c.)Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 26:13

• Converts
• Court
• Damascus
• Defense
• Paul
• Testimony
• Zeal, Religious

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Commentaries on Acts 26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings