Acts 9:7
5 “Who are You, Lord?” Saul asked. “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,” He replied.
6 “Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”
The men traveling with Saul stood there speechless. They heard the voice but did not see anyone.
8 Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could not see a thing. So they led him by the hand into Damascus.
9 For three days he was without sight, and he did not eat or drink anything.
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.
Compare
- BSB
- The men traveling with Saul stood there speechless. They heard the voice but did not see anyone.
- KJV
- And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man.
- WEB
- The men who traveled with him stood speechless, hearing the sound, but seeing no one.
- ASV
- And the men that journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing the voice, but beholding no man.
- DARBY
- But the men who were travelling with him stood speechless, hearing the voice but beholding no one.
- BLB
- And the men traveling with him stood speechless, hearing the voice indeed, but seeing no one.
- ÅB
- Men mennene som reiste sammen med ham, sto forferdet, for de hørte vel røsten, men så ikke noen.
- OTB
- Mennene som reiste med Saulus sto målløse, de hørte stemmen men så ingen.
- B1930
- Men mennene som reiste sammen med ham, stod forferdet, for de hørte vel røsten, men så ikke nogen.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 22:9
My companions saw the light, but they could not understand the voice of the One speaking to me.
Read in contextDaniel 10:7
Only I, Daniel, saw the vision; the men with me did not see it, but a great terror fell upon them, and they ran and hid themselves.
Read in contextActs 26:13–14
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.
Read in contextJohn 12:29
The crowd standing there heard it and said that it had thundered. Others said that an angel had spoken to Him.
Read in contextMatthew 24:40–41
Two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left.
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