Acts 26:13

At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See this passage explained in the notes on Acts 9:5 , etc.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Paul Speaks before Agrippa. It is Agrippa the vassal king, not Festus the representative of the sovereign power, who calls on Paul to speak, and to...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

saw . Greek. eidon. App-133. in . Greek. kata . App-104. light . Greek. phos . App-130. from heaven . Greek. ouranothen. See Acts 14:17...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

− 13. At midday, O king. The narration tendeth to this end, that king Agrippa may understand that it was no vain visure or ghost, neither wa...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me....
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Defence before Agrippa 1-32. St. Paul before Agrippa. This speech, though in form a defence to the Jews, is really intended by St. Luke to be St....
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Obedient to His Heavenly Vision Acts 26:12-21 Nowhere else is there such deliverance from the glare and cross-lights of earth as is afforded by...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Agrippa intimated to Paul that he might speak, and the apostle spent a moment in introductory words, and then uttered his great apologia, in which a...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Especially because I know thee to be expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently. (4)...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

At midday, O king ,.... So in Acts 12:6 . This circumstance is omitted in Acts 9:3 . King Agrippa is called upon by the apostle, to excite his att...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me....
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Whereupon, as I went to Damascus , &c. See notes on Acts 9:3-9 , and Acts 22:5-11 ; where the substance of this paragraph occurs, and is expla...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

At Agrippa's invitation to him to speak, Paul is fully prepared. He expresses his happiness at being privileged to answer for himself to the king, es...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Paul's Fifth Defence. 12 Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commi...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

At mid-day; this appeared at noon-day, that it might not be suspected to be a dream or fancy. Above the brightness of the sun; our Saviour's face...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“Whereupon as I journeyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests, at midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from heaven...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 26:9 . Commences the second part of Paul’s apology. Paul would not despair of converting his countrymen from doubt to belie...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Acts 26 St. Paul's Defence before Agrippa. Observe: I. What is the central truth of the Christian system. It is a very suggestive fact that Fest...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Three times we have in Holy Writ a graphic report of the conversion of Paul. This may be accounted for partly from its being one of the most remarkab...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Acts 26:1 . Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself: I...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 26:1 . Then Paul stretched forth the hand, the usual signal to gain attention; it indicates presence of mind in the speaker, and that his aud...
The Biblical Illustrator

Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Paul before Agrippa Here is all that Christianity ever asked for: an oppo...
The Biblical Illustrator

Whereupon as I went to Damascus. The conversion of Saul of Tarsus I. His character before his conversion. 1. He was a moral man ( Philippian...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Acts 26:1 And for then, A.V.; his for the, A.V.; made his defense for answered for himself, A.V. Agrippa said . It...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Paul's recital of his miraculous conversion:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

at midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 22:6 ; Acts 9:3 ; Isaiah 24:23 ; Isaiah 30:26 ; Matthew 17:2 ; Revelation 1:16 ; Revelation 21:23
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

O King — Most seasonably, in the height of the narration, does he thus fix the king's attention. Above the brightness of the sun — And no marvel. F...

¹³ At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me.

Related Commentaries of Acts 26:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the 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

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Acts 26:13