Acts 9:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? And he fell to the earth - Being struck down with the lightning: many persons suppose he was on horseback, and painters thus represent him; but this is utterly without foundation. Painters are, in almost every case, wretched commentators.