Acts 22:6

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

Related Commentaries of Acts 22:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the notes on Acts 9:3-7 . Acts 22:6 As I made my journey - As I was on my journey. About noon - Acts 26:13 , “at mid-day.” This c...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Paul's Speech to the Jews. The opening of the speech is like that of Stephen ( Acts 7:2 ). In 2 Corinthians 11:22 Paul attests his full membershi...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

was come nigh . drew near. unto . to. noon . Greek. mesembria . Only here and Acts 8:26 (south). suddenly . Greek. exaiphnes . See note on...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

− 6. And it happened. Because this history was expounded more at large in the ninth chapter, I will only briefly touch those things which we...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was come nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round abo...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was come nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round a...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

St. Paul's Defence 1-21. St Paul's Speech to the People. St. Paul was accused of (1) hostility to the Jews, (2) contempt for the Jewish Law, and (...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

About noon. — The special note of the hour is not given in Acts 9:3 , and may fairly be taken as characteristic of a personal recollection of the...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

How His Life Was Changed Acts 22:1-16 What a sermon Paul preached! His pulpit, the steps that ascended from the Temple level to the Castle of A...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Paul's defense as here recorded is a rare and perfect example of Christian argument. He was defending his devotion to work among the Gentiles. In tha...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And it came to pass, that as I made my journey ,.... And had almost made an end of it: and was come nigh unto Damascus ; about a mile from it, as...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was come nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round abo...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And as I made my journey, &c., about noon For all was done in the face of the sun; suddenly there shone a great light By whatever method God...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

The crowd having been quietened, Paul speaks with fullest respect for those he addresses, and doing so in the Hebrew language, he attracts more serio...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Paul's First Defence. 3 I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a ci...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

As lightning it suddenly encompassed him. But see Acts 9:3 , and read on; where this history is set down by St. Luke. And here little more can be...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“And it came about that, as I made my journey, and drew near to Damascus, about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round about me.”...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 22:6 begins the second part of the defence ( Acts 22:6-16 ). Was come nigh should be was drawing near. The narration i...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Acts 22:1-2 . Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defense which I make now unto you. (And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 22:1 . Men, brethren, and fathers; that is, men of mixed nations assembled at the feast. The persecutors had said, men of Israel, help. Bret...
The Biblical Illustrator

Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence. Paul’s defence 1. Whether we consider the man, the circumstances, the speech, or the effect pro...
The Biblical Illustrator

And it came to pass that as I made my journey and was come nigh unto Damascus. The conversion of Saul I. Saul’s misdirected energy. The immense...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Acts 22:1 Brethren for men, brethren, A.V. ( Acts 7:2 , note); the for my, A.V.; now make for make now, A.V. The defens...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 8:6 ; Acts 26:12 ; Acts 26:13 ; Acts 9:3-5 ; Genesis 14:15 ; Genesis 15:2 ; Isaiah 24:23 ; Matthew 17:2 ; Revelation 1:16
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

About noon — All was done in the face of the sun. A great light shone — By whatever method God reveals himself to us, we shall have everlasting cau...

⁶ And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was come nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round about me.

Related Commentaries of Acts 22:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Acts 22:6