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Acts 22:9

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22:9Those who were with me saw the light, but did not understand35 the voice of the one who was speaking to me.

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Footnotes

  1. 35 Grk “did not hear” (but see Acts 9:7). ἀκούω 7 has “W. τὸν νόμον understand the law Gal 4:21; perh. Ac 22:9; 26:14 … belong here.” If the word has this sense here, then a metonymy is present, since the lack of effect is put for a failure to appreciate what was heard.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Now those who were with me saw the light but did not understand the voice of the one who was speaking to me.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

My companions saw the light, but they did not understand the voice of him who was speaking to me.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Now those who were with me saw the light, but they did not hear the voice of the one who was speaking to me.

NLTNew Living Translation

The people with me saw the light but didn’t understand the voice speaking to me.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

(Now those who were with me saw the light but did not hear the voice of the one who was speaking to me.)

KJV 1900King James Version

And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me.