Acts 9:3

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And in the going, he came nigh to Damascus, and suddenly there shone round about him a light from the heaven,

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  • 1 Cor 15:8 : 8 And last of all -- as to the untimely birth -- he appeared also to me,
  • Acts 22:6 : 6 and it came to pass, in my going on and coming nigh to Damascus, about noon, suddenly out of the heaven there shone a great light round about me,
  • Acts 26:12-13 : 12 `In which things, also, going on to Damascus -- with authority and commission from the chief priests -- 13 at mid-day, I saw in the way, O king, out of heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me a light -- and those going on with me;
  • Ps 104:2 : 2 Covering himself `with' light as a garment, Stretching out the heavens as a curtain,
  • Acts 9:17 : 17 And Ananias went away, and did enter into the house, and having put upon him `his' hands, said, `Saul, brother, the Lord hath sent me -- Jesus who did appear to thee in the way in which thou wast coming -- that thou mayest see again, and mayest be filled with the Holy Spirit.'
  • 1 Tim 6:16 : 16 who only is having immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable, whom no one of men did see, nor is able to see, to whom `is' honour and might age-during! Amen.
  • Rev 21:23 : 23 and the city hath no need of the sun, nor of the moon, that they may shine in it; for the glory of God did lighten it, and the lamp of it `is' the Lamb;
  • Rev 22:5 : 5 and night shall not be there, and they have no need of a lamp and light of a sun, because the Lord God doth give them light, and they shall reign -- to the ages of the ages.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Acts 22:5-11
    7 verses
    91%

    5as also the chief priest doth testify to me, and all the eldership; from whom also having received letters unto the brethren, to Damascus, I was going on, to bring also those there bound to Jerusalem that they might be punished,

    6and it came to pass, in my going on and coming nigh to Damascus, about noon, suddenly out of the heaven there shone a great light round about me,

    7I fell also to the ground, and I heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why me dost thou persecute?

    8`And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? and he said unto me, I am Jesus the Nazarene whom thou dost persecute --

    9and they who are with me the light did see, and became afraid, and the voice they heard not of him who is speaking to me --

    10and I said, What shall I do, Lord? and the Lord said unto me, Having risen, go on to Damascus, and there it shall be told thee concerning all things that have been appointed for thee to do.

    11`And when I did not see from the glory of that light, being led by the hand by those who are with me, I came to Damascus,

  • Acts 9:4-13
    10 verses
    86%

    4and having fallen upon the earth, he heard a voice saying to him, `Saul, Saul, why me dost thou persecute?'

    5And he said, `Who art thou, Lord?' and the Lord said, `I am Jesus whom thou dost persecute; hard for thee at the pricks to kick;'

    6trembling also, and astonished, he said, `Lord, what dost thou wish me to do?' and the Lord `said' unto him, `Arise, and enter into the city, and it shall be told thee what it behoveth thee to do.'

    7And the men who are journeying with him stood speechless, hearing indeed the voice but seeing no one,

    8and Saul arose from the earth, and his eyes having been opened, he beheld no one, and leading him by the hand they brought him to Damascus,

    9and he was three days without seeing, and he did neither eat nor drink.

    10And there was a certain disciple in Damascus, by name Ananias, and the Lord said unto him in a vision, `Ananias;' and he said, `Behold me, Lord;'

    11and the Lord `saith' unto him, `Having risen, go on unto the street that is called Straight, and seek in the house of Judas, `one' by name Saul of Tarsus, for, lo, he doth pray,

    12and he saw in a vision a man, by name Ananias, coming in, and putting a hand on him, that he may see again.'

    13And Ananias answered, `Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how many evils he did to Thy saints in Jerusalem,

  • Acts 26:12-16
    5 verses
    86%

    12`In which things, also, going on to Damascus -- with authority and commission from the chief priests --

    13at mid-day, I saw in the way, O king, out of heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me a light -- and those going on with me;

    14and we all having fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew dialect, Saul, Saul, why me dost thou persecute? hard for thee against pricks to kick!

    15`And I said, Who art thou, Lord? and he said, I am Jesus whom thou dost persecute;

    16but rise, and stand upon thy feet, for for this I appeared to thee, to appoint thee an officer and a witness both of the things thou didst see, and of the things `in which' I will appear to thee,

  • Acts 9:1-2
    2 verses
    80%

    1And Saul, yet breathing of threatening and slaughter to the disciples of the Lord, having gone to the chief priest,

    2did ask from him letters to Damascus, unto the synagogues, that if he may find any being of the way, both men and women, he may bring them bound to Jerusalem.

  • Acts 9:15-22
    8 verses
    80%

    15And the Lord said unto him, `Be going on, because a choice vessel to Me is this one, to bear My name before nations and kings -- the sons also of Israel;

    16for I will shew him how many things it behoveth him for My name to suffer.'

    17And Ananias went away, and did enter into the house, and having put upon him `his' hands, said, `Saul, brother, the Lord hath sent me -- Jesus who did appear to thee in the way in which thou wast coming -- that thou mayest see again, and mayest be filled with the Holy Spirit.'

    18And immediately there fell from his eyes as it were scales, he saw again also presently, and having risen, was baptized,

    19and having received nourishment, was strengthened, and Saul was with the disciples in Damascus certain days,

    20and immediately in the synagogues he was preaching the Christ, that he is the Son of God.

    21And all those hearing were amazed, and said, `Is not this he who laid waist in Jerusalem those calling on this name, and hither to this intent had come, that he might bring them bound to the chief priests?'

    22And Saul was still more strengthened, and he was confounding the Jews dwelling in Damascus, proving that this is the Christ.

  • Acts 22:13
    80%

    13having come unto me and stood by `me', said to me, Saul, brother, look up; and I the same hour did look up to him;

  • Acts 9:26-28
    3 verses
    78%

    26And Saul, having come to Jerusalem, did try to join himself to the disciples, and they were all afraid of him, not believing that he is a disciple,

    27and Barnabas having taken him, brought `him' unto the apostles, and did declare to them how in the way he saw the Lord, and that he spake to him, and how in Damascus he was speaking boldly in the name of Jesus.

    28And he was with them, coming in and going out in Jerusalem,

  • Acts 13:9
    74%

    9And Saul -- who also `is' Paul -- having been filled with the Holy Spirit, and having looked stedfastly on him,

  • Acts 22:17
    73%

    17`And it came to pass when I returned to Jerusalem, and while I was praying in the temple, I came into a trance,

  • Gal 1:13
    72%

    13for ye did hear of my behaviour once in Judaism, that exceedingly I was persecuting the assembly of God, and wasting it,

  • Gal 1:23
    72%

    23and only they were hearing, that `he who is persecuting us then, doth now proclaim good news -- the faith that then he was wasting;'

  • Luke 9:29
    72%

    29and it came to pass, in his praying, the appearance of his face became altered, and his garment white -- sparkling.

  • Acts 13:11
    72%

    11and now, lo, a hand of the Lord `is' upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season;' and presently there fell upon him a mist and darkness, and he, going about, was seeking some to lead `him' by the hand;

  • Acts 12:9
    71%

    9and having gone forth, he was following him, and he knew not that it is true that which is done through the messenger, and was thinking he saw a vision,

  • Acts 16:29
    71%

    29And, having asked for a light, he sprang in, and trembling he fell down before Paul and Silas,

  • Acts 10:3
    70%

    3he saw in a vision manifestly, as it were the ninth hour of the day, a messenger of God coming in unto him, and saying to him, `Cornelius;'

  • Luke 9:34
    70%

    34and as he was speaking these things, there came a cloud, and overshadowed them, and they feared in their entering into the cloud,

  • Gal 1:17
    70%

    17nor did I go up to Jerusalem unto those who were apostles before me, but I went away to Arabia, and again returned to Damascus,

  • 2 Cor 4:6
    70%

    6because `it is' God who said, Out of darkness light `is' to shine, who did shine in our hearts, for the enlightening of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

  • Mark 9:3
    69%

    3and his garments became glittering, white exceedingly, as snow, so as a fuller upon the earth is not able to whiten `them'.

  • Phil 3:6
    69%

    6according to zeal persecuting the assembly! according to righteousness that is in law becoming blameless!