Internet Verse Search Commentaries Word Analysis ITL - draft

Acts 9:3

Context
NETBible

As he was going along, approaching 1  Damascus, suddenly a light from heaven flashed 2  around him.

XREF

Ps 104:2; Ac 9:17; Ac 22:6; Ac 26:12,13; 1Co 15:8; 1Ti 6:16; Re 21:23; Re 22:5

NET © Notes

tn Grk “As he was going along, it happened that when he was approaching.” The phrase ἐγένετο (egeneto, “it happened that”), common in Luke (69 times) and Acts (54 times), is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

tn Or “shone” (BDAG 799 s.v. περιαστράπτω). The light was more brilliant than the sun according to Acts 26:13.



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