Acts 9:3-9
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
3 On his journey, as he was nearing Damascus, a light from the sky suddenly flashed around him.(A) 4 He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?”(B) 5 He said, “Who are you, sir?” The reply came, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.(C) 6 Now get up and go into the city and you will be told what you must do.”(D) 7 The men who were traveling with him stood speechless, for they heard the voice but could see no one.(E) 8 Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could see nothing;[a] so they led him by the hand and brought him to Damascus.(F) 9 For three days he was unable to see, and he neither ate nor drank.
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- 9:8 He could see nothing: a temporary blindness (Acts 9:18) symbolizing the religious blindness of Saul as persecutor (cf. Acts 26:18).
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