ACTS 26:13 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me.”
'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.
Church Fathers on Acts 26:13
And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers: unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews. Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead? Acts 26:6-8 Two arguments he lays down for the Resurrection: one, the argument from the prophets: and he does not bring forward any prophet (in…
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