Acts 22:7

Acts 22:7

5 as also the high priest bears me witness, and ^aall the council of the elders, ^bfrom whom I also received letters to the brethren, and went to Damascus ^cto bring in chains even those who were there to Jerusalem to be punished.

6 “Now ^ait happened, as I journeyed and came near Damascus at about noon, suddenly a great light from heaven shone around me.

7 And I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?’

8 So I answered, ‘Who are You, Lord?’ And He said to me, ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting.’

9 “And ^athose who were with me indeed saw the light¹ and were afraid, but they did not hear the voice of Him who spoke to me.

10 So I said, ‘What shall I do, Lord?’ And the Lord said to me, ‘Arise and go into Damascus, and there you will be told all things which are appointed for you to do.’

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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I fell (epesa). Second aorist active indicative with -a rather than epeson, the usual form of piptw.

Unto the ground (eiv to edafov). Old word, here alone in N.T. So the verb edafizw, is in Luke 19:44 alone in the N.T.

A voice saying (fwnhv legoushv). Genitive after hkousa, though in Acts 26:14 the accusative is used after hkousa, as in Acts 22:14 after akousai, either being allowable. See on Acts 9:7 for discussion of the difference in case. Saul's name repeated each time (Acts 9:4; Acts 22:7; Acts 26:14). Same question also in each report: "Why persecuted thou me?" (Ti me diwkeis). These piercing words stuck in Paul's mind.

**Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Acts 22:7:**

Luke 19:44
Acts 9:3
Acts 9:4
Acts 9:7
Acts 13:9
Acts 17:3
Acts 22:7
Acts 22:9
Galatians 1:1
1 Timothy 1:13

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