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

11And I punished them often in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities. 12Upon which as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests, At 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. 14And when we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking to me, and saying in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the goads. 15And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.

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

• noonἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
• noonμέσοςmesos · midstG3319
• kingβασιλεύςbasileus · kingG935
• sawεἴδωeidō · to perceive: seeG1492
• inκατάkata · according toG2596
• wayὁδόςhodos · roadG3598
• lightφῶςphōs · lightG5457
• heavenοὐρανόθενouranothen · from heavenG3771
• beyondὑπέρhuper · above/forG5228
• brightnessλαμπρότηςlamprotēs · brightnessG2987
• sunἥλιοςhēlios · sunG2246
• aroundπεριλάμπωperilampō · to shine aroundG4034
• meμέme · meG3165
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• journeyedπορεύωporeuomai · to travelG4198
• withσύνsun · withG4862
• meἐμοίemoi · IG1698

Cross-references for Acts 26:13

• Acts 9:3And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shone around him a light from heaven:
• Acts 22:6And 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.
• 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.
• Isaiah 30:26Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
• 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.
• Revelation 21:23And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God lightened it, 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

In the dictionaries

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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