Lord to Paul. It was, however, already implied in Acts 9:7 that they had fallen to the ground and subsequently stood when they heard the voice. This is indicated by Luke’s use of the Greek pluperfect εἱστήκεισαν: “The men … had stood.” (The pluperfect tense stresses the continuation of a completed state in past time; hence, they had stood and were still standing.)38 Luke, apparently, counted on his reader assuming in Acts 9 and 22 that Paul’s companions had also reacted to the light and fallen