“And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was come nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round about me.”
'But it happened that as I was on my way, approaching Damascus about midday, a very bright light suddenly flashed from heaven all around me' — Paul's conversion account (the third version in Acts) is introduced with apocalyptic imagery: the noon-day light exceeds the sun's brightness, suggesting divine epiphany. The sudden flash (periasstrapto) illuminates both Paul's eyes and his mind.
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