“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.
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