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Acts 26:13

Jesus Christ

11 And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.

12 Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,

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.

14 And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

15 And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
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.
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.
WEB
at noon, O king, I saw on the way a light from the sky, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who traveled with me.
ASV
at midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them that journeyed with me.
DARBY
at mid-day, on the way, I saw, O king, a light above the brightness of the sun, shining from heaven round about me and those who were journeying with me.
BLB
at midday on the road I saw, O king, a light from heaven above the brightness of the sun having shone around me and those going with me.
ÅB
og midt på dagen så jeg på veien, konge, et lys fra himmelen, klarere enn solen, stråle omkring meg og dem som reiste med meg,
OTB
Ved middagstid, konge, så jeg et lys fra himmelen, sterkere enn solen, skinne rundt meg og de som reiste med meg.
B1930
og midt på dagen så jeg på veien, konge, et lys fra himmelen, klarere enn solen, stråle omkring mig og dem som reiste med mig,

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Cross references

  • Revelation 1:16

    And 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.

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  • Revelation 21:23

    And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.

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  • Matthew 17:2

    And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.

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  • Acts 22:6

    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.

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  • Acts 9:3

    And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven:

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  • Isaiah 24:23

    Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.

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  • Isaiah 30:26

    Moreover 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.

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