And the men which journeyed with him
Out of respect to him, to keep him company; or rather to assist
him in his designs:
stood speechless:
astonished and amazed, they had not power to speak one word, nor
to rise from the ground, and move one step forward; they were as
if they were thunderstruck, and fastened to the earth; for this
standing is not opposed to their being fallen to the earth, but
to their going forward, and only expresses the surprise and
stupidity that had seized them:
hearing a voice, but seeing no man;
that is, they heard the voice of Saul, saying, who art thou? and
what wilt thou have me to do? but saw nobody that he spoke to,
which surprised them; for it is certain they did not hear the
voice of Christ, that spake to him, ( Acts 22:9 ) or if they
heard the voice of Christ, it was only the sound of his voice,
but did not understand what he said; but the former seems rather
to be the sense, and the best way of reconciling the two
passages.