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Acts 22:6

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As I made my journey, and came close to Damascus, about noon, suddenly a great light shone around me from the sky.

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Acts 22:6 in other translations

And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and drew nigh unto Damascus, about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round about me.

Acts 22:6 · American Standard Version

Acts 22:6 in context

  1. 4I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.
  2. 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.
  3. 6As I made my journey, and came close to Damascus, about noon, suddenly a great light shone around me from the sky.
  4. 7I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’
  5. 8I answered, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ He said to me, ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you persecute.’