“And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man.”
The men traveling with Saul stood there speechless; they heard the sound but did not see anyone.—the witnesses authenticate the encounter (paralleling the resurrection accounts) while the variant (some manuscripts say they 'saw the light') shows the tradition's wrestling with the encounter's physicality. They hear but remain in incomprehension, a pattern of initial unbelief before understanding. Their continued standing contrasts with Saul's fall.
Church Fathers on Acts 9:7
But arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told you what you must do. Acts 9:6 Observe, how He does not immediately add all, but first softens his mind. In the same way He called the disciples also a second time. It shall be told you, etc.: He gives him good hopes, and (intimates) that he shall recover his sight also. And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man. And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened,…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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