Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 9:7

7 tóngxíng de rén , zhàn zaì nàli , shuō bú chū huà lái , tīngjian shēngyīn , què kàn bù jiàn rén .

Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 9:7 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 9:7

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.

Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 9:7 In-Context

5 Tā shuō , Zhǔ a , nǐ shì shuí . zhǔ shuō , wǒ jiù shì nǐ suǒ bīpò de Yēsū .

6 Qǐlai , jìn chéng qù , nǐ dàng zuò de shì , bì yǒu rén gàosu nǐ .

7 tóngxíng de rén , zhàn zaì nàli , shuō bú chū huà lái , tīngjian shēngyīn , què kàn bù jiàn rén .

8 Sǎoluó cóng dì shàng qǐlai , zhēng kāi yǎnjing , jìng bùnéng kànjian shénme . yǒu rén lá tāde shǒu , lǐng tā jìn le Dàmǎsè .

9 Sān rì bùnéng kànjian , yĕ bú chī , yĕ bú hē .