Acts 22:9

they that were with me--(See on Act 9:7, &c.)

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown — Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

9. They which were with me. I showed in the other place, that there is no such disagreement in the words of Luke as there seemeth to be. Luke said there, that though Paul’s companions stood amazed, yet heard they a voice. But in this place he saith, they heard not the voice of him which spake to Paul though they saw the light. Surely it is no absurd thing to say that they heard some obscure voice; yet so that they did not discern it as Paul himself, whom alone Christ meant to stay and tame with the reprehension. Therefore, they hear a voice, because a sound doth enter into their ears, so that they know that some speaketh from heaven; they hear not the voice of him that spake to Paul, because they understand not what Christ saith. Moreover, they see Paul compassed about with the light, but they see none which speaketh from heaven.

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(9) They heard not the voice . . .—i.e., they did not hear it as a voice uttering articulate words. It was for them as though it thundered. (See Notes on Act_9:7, and Joh_12:29.)

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9. and were afraid] These words are omitted in the oldest MSS. and have been left out in the Rev. Ver. But they are not like anything in the other two accounts, the one of which (Act_9:7) describes Saul’s companions as being “speechless,” the other (Act_26:14) as “all falling to the ground.” Therefore it seems best to retain them, as not being due to any annotation, or to the assimilation of one form of the story to another. The last three letters of this phrase are the same as those of the phrase preceding it, and the eye of a scribe in early times may have passed from one to the other, and thus words belonging to the earliest form of the narrative may have been omitted.

heard not the voice] i.e. the words which were spoken to Saul. They were only conscious of a sound around them. See above on Act_22:7.

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And I said, what shall I do, Lord?.... See Gill on Act 9:6.

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Acts 22:11

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act 22:11

act 22:11And when I could not see for the glory of that light,.... Which was above the brightness of the sun, and so dazzled his eyes, that he could not see his way into the city, some of his company took him by the hand, and led him: and

being led by the hand of them that were with me, I came unto Damascus but not with the same view he set out with: he took his journey thither, and pursued it, in order to persecute the saints there; but now he enters into it, to be informed by one of them what he must do for Christ, whom he had persecuted.

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9 And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me.

Ver. 9. But they heard not] {See Trapp on "Act 9:7"}

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Heard not the voice. To reconcile this with chap. ix. ver. 7. where it is said that they heard the voice; it may be answered that they heard a noise, and a voice, but heard it not distinctly, nor so as to understand the words. (Witham) --- They heard not the voice of him who spoke to the apostle, but they heard the latter speak; (Acts ix. 7.) or perhaps they heard a noise, which they could not understand. They perhaps heard the voice of Paul answering, but not that of Christ complaining.

George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).

Of this; See Poole on "Act 9:7". This may be added to what was formerly said, that the men who travelled with Paul may be said not to have heard the voice of him that spake, because they did not understand it, or obey it; they were not converted, as Paul was, by it; the Hebrew language putting hearing for obeying, as in many scriptures; and both St. Paul, who here spake, and Luke, who penned this history, understood exactly the proprieties of that tongue.

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9. Heard not the voice—Paul introduces this cautionary clause, because he was, doubtless, aware that his attendants, on returning to Jerusalem, in reporting the wonderful light and sound, testified to nothing of the mission he received from the words of Jesus. That special testimony their ears were incompetent to receive, and the official witness was to be Ananias.

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Beheld for saw, A.V. Beheld indeed the light and were afraid, A.V. This corresponds with the statement in Act_9:7, that the men who journeyed with Saul "stood speechless." They were dazzled and amazed at the sudden brightness. But they heard not the voice. This at first sight seems inconsistent with the statement in Act_9:7, "hearing the voice." But the apparent inconsistency disappears when we observe that here St. Paul wished to impress upon his hearers that, though his companions had seen the light, they had not heard the words which were addressed to him by the Lord Jesus (see ver. 14); whereas St. Luke, in the narrative in Acts 9., wished rather to insist upon the fact that though the men had seen the light and heard the sound of the voice, they had not seen Jesus. To see and hear the risen Christ was a privilege given to St. Paul alone.

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They did not hear the voice - Distinctly; but only a confused noise.

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voice

Cf. (See Scofield "Act 9:7").

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See notes on verse 3

J. W. McGarvey (with Philip Y. Pendleton), Commentaries on the New Testament (The Fourfold Gospel, 1914; Acts; and the epistles) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

they did not understand the voice of him who spoke to me

Here "voice" stands for the person speaking. AT: "they did not understand what the one who spoke to me was saying" (See: Synecdoche)

there you will be told

This can be stated in active form. AT: "there someone will tell you" or "there you will find out" (See: Active or Passive)

I could not see because of that light's brightness

"I was left blind because of that light's brightness"

being led by the hands of those who were with me, I came into Damascus

Here "hands" stands for those leading Paul. This can be stated in active form. AT: "those with me guided me into Damascus" (See: Synecdoche and Active or Passive)

translationWords

lord

Damascus

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9. καὶ ἔμφοβοι ἐγένοντο omitted with אABH. Not represented in Vulg.

9. The words καὶ ἔμφοβοι ἐγένοντο which appear in the Text. recept., but which the chief MSS. omit, are not like other words which have been inserted in various portions of this book. There is nothing like them either in chap. 9 or chap. 26. It is possible that they are of early authority, and may have been omitted by a scribe whose eye passed from the NTO of ἐθεάσαντο to the same letters at the end of ἐγένοντο. They are omitted from the present text according to the decision of Lachmann, Tischendorf and Tregelles, but their difference from other words similarly omitted is worthy of consideration.

τὴν δὲ φωνὴν οὐκ ἤκουσαν, but they heard not the voice, i.e. the words which were spoken to Saul. They were only conscious of a sound round about them. See above on Act 22:7.

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Heard not [ουκ ηκουσαν] . The verb is to be taken in the sense of understood, as Mr 4:33; 1Co 14:2, which explains the apparent discrepancy with ch. 9 7.

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