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Selected Verse: Acts 22:9 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ac 22:9 |
King James |
And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| they that were with me--(See on Act 9:7, &c.) |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
voice
(See Scofield) - (Act 9:7). |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Heard not (οὐκ ἤκουσαν)
The verb is to be taken in the sense of understood, as Mar 4:33; Co1 14:2, which explains the apparent discrepancy with Act 9:7. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| They did not hear the voice - Distinctly; but only a confused noise. |
7 And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man.
7 And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man.
7 And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man.
2 For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.
33 And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it.