Acts 22:6 - English Majority Text Version 2009

⁶ Now it happened, as I was going and approaching Damascus, about midday, suddenly from heaven a great light shone about me.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ But as I was on my journey and approached Damascus, about noon a great blaze of light flashed suddenly from heaven and shone about me.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and drew nigh unto Damascus, about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round about me.

Common English Bible

⁶ “During that journey, about noon, as I approached Damascus, suddenly a bright light from heaven encircled me.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ But it happened that, as I was traveling and was approaching Damascus at midday, suddenly from heaven a great light shone around me.

Acts 22:6 Cross References

Matthew 17:2

and He was transfigured before them, and His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light.

Acts 22:7

And I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?'

Acts 23:9

And there came to be a great outcry, and the scribes of the Pharisees' party stood up and contended sharply, saying, "We find no evil in this man; but if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him, let us not fight against God."

1 Corinthians 15:8

And last of all, as of [one] born out of due time, He appeared to me also.

Revelation 1:16

He had in His right hand seven stars, out of His mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword, and His countenance was as the sun shining in its strength.