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.
And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, he saw no man - `seeing nothing' х ouden (G3762), in place of oudena (G3762)] is the slightly preferable reading. After beholding the glory of the Lord, since he "could not see for the glory of that light" (Acts 22:11), he would involuntarily close his eyes to protect them from the glare, and on opening them again he found his vision gone. That the apostle never recovered entirely from this supernatural blindness; that the "thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan sent to buffet him" (2 Corinthians 12:7), was just this weakness of the eyes; and that it is to it that he refers when he reminds the Galatians that they would if possible have plucked out their own eyes and given them to them (Galatians 4:15) is a supposition which Humphry and others conceive to be not without reason; but to us such suppositions only show on what strange collocations of passages conclusions the most surprising can be drawn. But see the note at Acts 9:18.