Handelingen 9:7

7 En de mannen, die met hem over weg reisden, stonden verbaasd, horende wel de stem, maar niemand ziende.

Handelingen 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.

Handelingen 9:7 In-Context

5 En hij zeide: Wie zijt Gij, Heere? En de Heere zeide: Ik ben Jezus, Dien gij vervolgt. Het is u hard, de verzenen tegen de prikkels te slaan.

6 En hij, bevende en verbaasd zijnde, zeide: Heere, wat wilt Gij, dat ik doen zal? En de Heere zeide tot hem: Sta op, en ga in de stad, en u zal aldaar gezegd worden, wat gij doen moet.

7 En de mannen, die met hem over weg reisden, stonden verbaasd, horende wel de stem, maar niemand ziende.

8 En Saulus stond op van de aarde; en als hij zijn ogen opendeed, zag hij niemand. En zij, hem bij de hand leidende, brachten hem te Damaskus.

9 En hij was drie dagen, dat hij niet zag, en at niet, en dronk niet.