Acts 22:6 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁶ “While I was on my way and approaching Damascus, about noon a great light from heaven suddenly 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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ And it came to pass, as I was going, and drawing nigh to Damascus at midday, that suddenly from heaven there shone round about me a great light:

Acts 22:6 Cross References

Genesis 14:15

He divided his forces against them by night, he and his servants, and routed them and pursued them to Hobah, north of Damascus.

Genesis 15:2

But Abram said, “O Lord God, what will you give me, for I continue childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”

2 Samuel 8:6

Then David put garrisons among the Arameans of Damascus, and the Arameans became servants to David and brought tribute. The Lord gave victory to David wherever he went.

Isaiah 24:23

Then the moon will be abashed and the sun ashamed, for the Lord of hosts will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before his elders he will be glorified.

Matthew 17:2

And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became bright as light.

Acts 22:7

I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’

Acts 23:9

Then a great clamor arose, and certain scribes of the Pharisees’ group stood up and contended, “We find nothing wrong with this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”

1 Corinthians 15:8

Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me.

Revelation 1:16

In his right hand he held seven stars, and from his mouth came a sharp, two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun shining with full force.