Acts 9:3-7

The Conversion of Saul

³ _g Now as he went on his way, he approached Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. ⁴ And falling to the ground he heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting _h me?" ⁵ And he said, "Who are you, Lord?" And he said, "I am Jesus, _h whom you are persecuting. ⁶ But _i rise and enter the city, and you will be told _j what you are to do." ⁷ _k The men who were traveling with him stood speechless, _l hearing the voice but seeing no one.

1. Cross References
   Acts 9:3 - 8
   Now as he went on his way, he approached Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.
   Acts 22:6 - 11
   As I was on my way and drew near to Damascus, about noon a great light from heaven suddenly shone around me.
   Acts 26:12 - 18
   In this connection I journeyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests.
   1 Corinthians 15:8
   Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me.
   
2. Cross References
   Isaiah 63:9
   In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them; in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.
   Zechariah 2:8
   For thus said the Lord of hosts, after his glory sent me to the nations who plundered you, for he who touches you touches the apple of his eye:
   
3. Cross References
   Acts 9:4
   And falling to the ground he heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?
   
4. Cross References
   Ezekiel 3:22
   And the hand of the Lord was upon me there. And he said to me, "Arise, go out into the valley, and there I will speak with you.
   Galatians 1:1
   Paul, an apostle - not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead -
   
5. Cross References
   Acts 9:16
   For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name.
   1 Corinthians 9:16
   For if I preach the gospel, that gives me no ground for boasting. For necessity is laid upon me. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!
   
6. Cross References
   Daniel 10:7
   And I, Daniel, alone saw the vision, for the men who were with me did not see the vision, but a great trembling fell upon them, and they fled to hide themselves.
   
7. Cross References
   Acts 22:9
   Now those who were with me saw the light but did not understand the voice of the one who was speaking to me.
   John 12:29
   The crowd that stood there and heard it said that it had thundered. Others said, "An angel has spoken to him.