And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man. (8) And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, he saw no man: but they led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus.
No doubt, the whole party which were with Saul, were men of the same description as himself; but we read of no work of grace wrought upon their hearts. They stood speechless, and heard a voice; were overawed with what was going on; but unconscious of anything more. Reader! so hath it been in all ages of the Church, so is it now, and so must it be forever. When the voice from heaven, which was heard by the Jews at Christ's baptism, declared him to be the beloved Son of God, it had no effect upon them, Matthew 3:16-17. When again, just before his crucifixion, God the Father answered Christ's prayer to glorify his Son, and said, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again; though some thought that it thundered, others that an angel spake to Jesus, yet no one change was wrought by it upon a single heart of those men, John 12:28-29. Nothing short of the work of God the Holy Ghost upon the heart, can change the heart, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ, 2 Corinthians 4:6.