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As he neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.
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Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him up. “Quick, get up!” he said, and the chains fell off Peter’s wrists.
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Now the hand of the Lord is against you. You are going to be blind for a time, not even able to see the light of the sun.” Immediately mist and darkness came over him, and he groped about, seeking someone to lead him by the hand.
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For this is what the Lord has commanded us: “‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”
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The jailer called for lights, rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas.
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“About noon as I came near Damascus, suddenly a bright light from heaven flashed around me.
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My companions saw the light, but they did not understand the voice of him who was speaking to me.
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My companions led me by the hand into Damascus, because the brilliance of the light had blinded me.
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About noon, King Agrippa, as I was on the road, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, blazing around me and my companions.
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to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’
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that the Messiah would suffer and, as the first to rise from the dead, would bring the message of light to his own people and to the Gentiles.”
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When they had eaten as much as they wanted, they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.
