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

4And I persecuted this way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women. 5As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the council of the elders: from whom also I received letters to the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them who were there bound to Jerusalem, to be punished. And it came to pass, that, as I was on my journey, and had come near to Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light around me. 7And I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? 8And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said to me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.

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

• Andδέde · thenG1161
• passγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• onπορεύωporeuomai · to travelG4198
• myμοίmoi · to meG3427
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• nearἐγγίζωeggizō · to come nearG1448
• DamascusΔαμασκόςDamaskos · DamascusG1154
• aboutπερίperi · aboutG4012
• noonμεσημβρίαmesēmbria · noon/southG3314
• suddenlyἐξαίφνηςexaiphnēs · suddenlyG1810
• shoneπεριαστράπτωperiastraptō · to shineG4015
• fromἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• heavenοὐρανόςouranos · heavenG3772
• greatἱκανόςhikanos · sufficientG2425
• lightφῶςphōs · lightG5457
• meἐμέeme · meG1691

Cross-references for Acts 22:6

• Acts 9:3And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shone around him a light from heaven:
• Acts 26:12Upon which as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,
• Genesis 14:15And he divided his men against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them to Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.
• Genesis 15:2And Abram said, LORD God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the heir of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
• 2 Samuel 8:6Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought gifts. And the LORD preserved David wherever he went.
• Acts 26:13At noon, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, beyond the brightness of the sun, shining around me and them who journeyed with me.
• Isaiah 24:23Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign on mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.
• Matthew 17:2And he was transfigured before them: and his face shone as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.
• Revelation 1:16And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his 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