Acts 22:9

Webster's Bible (1833)

"Those who were with me indeed saw the light and were afraid, but they didn't understand the voice of him who spoke to me.

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  • Acts 9:7 : 7 The men who traveled with him stood speechless, hearing the sound, but seeing no one.
  • Dan 10:7 : 7 I, Daniel, alone saw the vision; for the men who were with me didn't see the vision; but a great quaking fell on them, and they fled to hide themselves.
  • Acts 26:13 : 13 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.
  • John 12:29-30 : 29 The multitude therefore, who stood by and heard it, said that it had thundered. Others said, "An angel has spoken to him." 30 Jesus answered, "This voice hasn't come for my sake, but for your sakes.

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  • Acts 9:2-13
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    85%

    2and asked for letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

    3As he traveled, it happened that he got close to Damascus, and suddenly a light from the sky shone around him.

    4He fell on the earth, and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?"

    5He said, "Who are you, Lord?" The Lord said, "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.{TR adds "It's hard for you to kick against the goads."}

    6But{TR omits "But" } rise up, and enter into the city, and you will be told what you must do."

    7The men who traveled with him stood speechless, hearing the sound, but seeing no one.

    8Saul arose from the ground, and when his eyes were opened, he saw no one. They led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus.

    9He was without sight for three days, and neither ate nor drank.

    10Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision, "Ananias!" He said, "Behold, it's me, Lord."

    11The Lord said to him, "Arise, and go to the street which is called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judas for one named Saul, a man of Tarsus. For behold, he is praying,

    12and in a vision he has seen a man named Ananias coming in, and laying his hands on him, that he might receive his sight."

    13But Ananias answered, "Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much evil he did to your saints at Jerusalem.

  • Acts 22:10-11
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    10I said, 'What shall I do, Lord?' The Lord said to me, 'Arise, and go into Damascus. There you will be told about all things which are appointed for you to do.'

    11When I couldn't see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of those who were with me, I came into Damascus.

  • Acts 22:5-8
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    5As also the high priest and all the council of the elders testify, from whom also I received letters to the brothers, and traveled to Damascus to bring them also who were there to Jerusalem in bonds to be punished.

    6It happened that, as I made my journey, and came close to Damascus, about noon, suddenly there shone from the sky a great light around me.

    7I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?'

    8I answered, 'Who are you, Lord?' He said to me, 'I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you persecute.'

  • Acts 26:12-16
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    12"Whereupon as I traveled to Damascus with the authority and commission from the chief priests,

    13at 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.

    14When we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.'

    15"I said, 'Who are you, Lord?' "He said, 'I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.

    16But arise, and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose: to appoint you a servant and a witness both of the things which you have seen, and of the things which I will reveal to you;

  • Acts 22:13-15
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    13came to me, and standing by me said to me, 'Brother Saul, receive your sight!' In that very hour I looked up at him.

    14He said, 'The God of our fathers has appointed you to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice from his mouth.

    15For you will be a witness for him to all men of what you have seen and heard.

  • Acts 22:17-21
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    17"It happened that, when I had returned to Jerusalem, and while I prayed in the temple, I fell into a trance,

    18and saw him saying to me, 'Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not receive testimony concerning me from you.'

    19I said, 'Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue those who believed in you.

    20When the blood of Stephen, your witness, was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting to his death, and guarding the cloaks of those who killed him.'

    21"He said to me, 'Depart, for I will send you out far from here to the Gentiles.'"

  • Acts 9:26-27
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    26When Saul had come to Jerusalem, he tried to join himself to the disciples; but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.

    27But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared to them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how at Damascus he had preached boldly in the name of Jesus.

  • Acts 9:21
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    21All who heard him were amazed, and said, "Isn't this he who in Jerusalem made havoc of those who called on this name? And he had come here intending to bring them bound before the chief priests!"

  • Mark 9:6-8
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    6For he didn't know what to say, for they were very afraid.

    7A cloud came, overshadowing them, and a voice came out of the cloud, "This is my beloved Son. Listen to him."

    8Suddenly looking around, they saw no one with them any more, except Jesus only.

  • Acts 26:19
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    19"Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,

  • Acts 9:17-18
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    17Ananias departed, and entered into the house. Laying his hands on him, he said, "Brother Saul, the Lord, who appeared to you on the road by which you came, has sent me, that you may receive your sight, and be filled with the Holy Spirit."

    18Immediately something like scales fell from his eyes, and he received his sight. He arose and was baptized.

  • Acts 9:15
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    15But the Lord said to him, "Go your way, for he is my chosen vessel to bear my name before the nations and kings, and the children of Israel.

  • Luke 9:32
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    32Now Peter and those who were with him were heavy with sleep, but when they were fully awake, they saw his glory, and the two men who stood with him.

  • Acts 22:2
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    2When they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, they were even more quiet. He said,

  • Acts 12:9
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    9And he went out and followed him. He didn't know that what was being done by the angel was real, but thought he saw a vision.

  • Luke 9:36
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    36When the voice came, Jesus was found alone. They were silent, and told no one in those days any of the things which they had seen.

  • Dan 10:7
    71%

    7I, Daniel, alone saw the vision; for the men who were with me didn't see the vision; but a great quaking fell on them, and they fled to hide themselves.

  • Gal 1:23
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    23but they only heard: "He who once persecuted us now preaches the faith that he once tried to destroy."

  • Luke 9:34
    70%

    34While he said these things, a cloud came and overshadowed them, and they were afraid as they entered into the cloud.

  • John 12:29
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    29The multitude therefore, who stood by and heard it, said that it had thundered. Others said, "An angel has spoken to him."

  • Matt 17:6
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    6When the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces, and were very afraid.