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Hearing vs. Understanding
Commentators overwhelmingly agree on how to reconcile this verse with Paul's account in Acts 22:9. Saul's companions heard an audible sound—a 'voice'—but they did not understand the distinct words being spoken. As commentator Albert Barnes explains, they heard a noise but not the distinct articulation. The message was divinely intended for Saul alone, while his companions only experienced the raw, unintelligible sound of a heavenly voice.
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Albert Barnes
On Acts 9:7
18th Century
Theologian
And the men who journeyed with him. Why these men attended him is unknown. They might have been appointed to aid him, or they may…
AT Robertson
On Acts 9:7
That journeyed with him (ο συνοδευοντες αυτω). Not in the older Greek, but in the
Koine, with the associative instru…
Charles Ellicott
On Acts 9:7
19th Century
Bishop
Hearing a voice, but seeing no man. We are told by St. Paul himself (Acts 22:9) that they “did not
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Charles Spurgeon
On Acts 9:6–9
19th Century
Preacher
And the Lord said to him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told you what you must do. And the men who journeyed with him stood spee…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Acts 9:7
The effect on Saul’s traveling companions of his encounter with Christ was dramatic. Acts 26 says that they fell to the ground at the fl…
John Calvin
On Acts 9:7
16th Century
Theologian
And the men. He now speaks briefly about Paul's companions, stating that they were witnesses of the vision. Yet it seems that this narrati…
John Gill
On Acts 9:7
17th Century
Pastor
And the men who journeyed with him
Out of respect to him, to keep him company; or rather to assist him in his design…
Matthew Henry
On Acts 9:1–9
17th Century
Minister
Saul was so misinformed that he thought he should do all he could against the name of Christ, believing he was serving God by doing so; he seemed t…