narrative account of a notable experience. Judge (1966:45 n. 116) compares it to the anthology of such incidents compiled by Valerius Maximus in his Facta ac dicta memorabilia. Closer at hand is the cycle of stories told about Paul himself in Acts 9:1–30, including a slightly different version of this same incident (vv. 23–25). A close analysis and comparison of the two versions leads Burchard (1970:150–59) to the conclusion that the author of Acts has drawn his account from a tradition which was