Acts 22:6

Acts 22:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was come nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round about me.
• New International Version (NIV)“About noon as I came near Damascus, suddenly a bright light from heaven flashed around me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"As I was on my way and drew near to Damascus, about noon a great light from heaven suddenly shone around me.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Now it happened, as I journeyed and came near Damascus at about noon, suddenly a great light from heaven shone around me.

Context of Acts 22:6

4I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and putting both men and women into prisons, 5as also the high priest and all the Council of the elders can testify. From them I also received letters to the brothers, and started off for Damascus in order to bring even those who were there to Jerusalem as prisoners to be punished. “But it happened that as I was on my way, approaching Damascus at about noon, a very bright light suddenly flashed from heaven all around me, 7and I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?’ 8And I answered, ‘Who are You, Lord?’ And He said to me, ‘I am Jesus the Nazarene, whom you are persecuting.’

Acts 22:6 word by word

ἐγένετο δέ μοι πορευομένῳ καὶ ἐγγίζοντι τῇ Δαμασκῷ περὶ μεσημβρίαν ἐξαίφνης ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ περιαστράψαι φῶς ἱκανὸν περὶ ἐμέ·Read the interlinear

• But it happenedγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• that as I wasπορεύωporeuomai · to travelG4198
• approachingἐγγίζωeggizō · to come nearG1448
• DamascusΔαμασκόςDamaskos · DamascusG1154
• at aboutπερίperi · aboutG4012
• noonμεσημβρίαmesēmbria · noon/southG3314
• a veryἱκανόςhikanos · sufficientG2425
• lightφῶςphōs · lightG5457
• suddenlyἐξαίφνηςexaiphnēs · suddenlyG1810
• from heavenοὐρανόςouranos · heavenG3772

Cross-references for Acts 22:6

• Acts 9:3Now as he was traveling, it happened that he was approaching Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him;
• Acts 26:12“While so engaged, as I was journeying to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests,
• Genesis 14:15Then he divided his forces against them by night, he and his servants, and defeated them, and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is north of Damascus.
• Genesis 15:2But Abram said, “Lord God, what will You give me, since I am childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”
• 2 Samuel 8:6Then David put garrisons among the Arameans of Damascus, and the Arameans became servants to David, bringing tribute. And the Lord helped David wherever he went.
• Acts 26:13at midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who were journeying with me.
• Isaiah 24:23Then the moon will be ashamed and the sun be put to shame, For the Lord of armies will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, And His glory will be before His elders.
• Matthew 17:2And He was transfigured before them; and His face shone like the sun, and His garments became as white as light.
• Revelation 1:16In His right hand He held seven stars, and out of His mouth came a sharp two-edged sword; and His face was like the sun shining in its strength.

Commentaries on Acts 22:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6As I made my journey, etc. - See the whole of this account, and all the particular circumstances, considered at large in the notes on Acts 9:1; (note), etc., and the observations at the conclusion of that chapter.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6-11Verses 6-11 See the notes on Acts 9:3-7. Acts 22:6 As I made my journey - As I was on my journey. About noon - Acts 26:13, “at mid-day.” This circumstance is omitted by Luke in his account in Acts 22:11 The glory of that light - The splendor, the intense brilliancy of the light. See this and its effects explained in the notes on Acts 9:8.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-21Paul gives his most complete defense of his life and faith before his own people in Jerusalem. This speech shows his flexibility as a missionary, just as his message to the Greek philosophers in Athens also did (17:22–31; see 1 Corinthians 9:20–23). He begins by showing his close connection with his audience. He explains his Jewish background and his training under Gamaliel the Elder (a respected Jewish teacher). He also describes his strong desire to…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-302. when they heard ... the Hebrew tongue--(See on Ac 21:40). they kept the more silence--They could have understood him in Greek, and doubtless fully expected the renegade to address them in that language, but the sound of their holy mother tongue awed them into deeper silence.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Acts 22

• 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