“And when I could not see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of those who were with me I came into Damascus.”
The vividness of the light had blinded him, and thus he had had to be led by the hand into Damascus. God had rendered him helpless, and as one who was blind waiting to see.
‘The glory of the light (tes doxes tou photos).' The doxa of the Lord is referred to in Exodus 15:11; Exodus 16:7; Exodus 16:10; Exodus 24:16-17; Exodus 29:43; Exodus 33:19; Exodus 33:22; Exodus 40:34-35 and regularly and speaks of the direct presence of God revealed to His people for their response. Here then Paul too had been approached by His glory and light (compare Isaiah 60:1). The glory which had once descended on the Tabernacle had now descended on Paul.