'About noon, O King, as I was on the road, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, flashing around me and my companions. - The vision (thea, thea) unfolds with sensory precision: 'about noon' (peri mesēmbrían, peri mesēmbrían-'midday,' when the sun is brightest), 'a light from heaven' (phōs ex ouranou, phōs ex ouranou) 'brighter than the sun' (hyper tēn lamprotēta tou hēliou, hyper tēn lamprotēta tou hēliou). The light is not gentle but overwhelming, 'flashing around' (perilampō, perilampō-'shining around') him and his companions (hoi syn emoi poreuomenoi, hoi syn emoi poreuomenoi). The divine interrupts the mundane with overwhelming force.

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