Acts 22:9

22:9 Those who were with me saw the light, but did not understand ¹  the voice of the one who was speaking to me.

Acts 26:13-14

26:13 about noon along the road, Your Majesty, ²  I saw a light from heaven, ³  brighter than the sun, shining everywhere around ⁴  me and those traveling with me. 26:14 When we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in Aramaic, ⁵  ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? You are hurting yourself ⁶  by kicking against the goads.’ ⁷ 

Daniel 10:7

10:7 Only I, Daniel, saw the vision; the men who were with me did not see it. ⁸  On the contrary, they were overcome with fright ⁹  and ran away to hide.

Matthew 24:40-41

24:40 Then there will be two men in the field; one will be taken and one left. ¹⁰  24:41 There will be two women grinding grain with a mill; ¹¹  one will be taken and one left.

[22:9]  ¹ tn Grk “did not hear” (but see Acts 9:7). BDAG 38 s.v. ἀκούω 7 has “W. acc. 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.

[26:13]  ² tn Grk “O King.”

[26:13]  ³ tn Or “from the sky” (the same Greek word means both “heaven” and “sky”).

[26:13]  ⁴ tn The word “everywhere” has been supplied in the translation to clarify the meaning of περιλάμψαν (perilamyan). Otherwise the modern reader might think that each of the individuals were encircled by lights or halos. See also Acts 9:7; 22:6, 9.

[26:14]  ⁵ tn Grk “in the Hebrew language.” See Acts 22:7 and 9:4.

[26:14]  ⁶ tn Grk “It is hard for you.”

[26:14]  ⁷ tn “Goads” are pointed sticks used to direct a draft animal (an idiom for stubborn resistance). See BDAG 539-40 s.v. κέντρον 2.

[10:7]  ⁸ tn Heb “the vision.”

[10:7]  ⁹ tn Heb “great trembling fell on them.”

[24:40]  ¹⁰ sn There is debate among commentators and scholars over the phrase one will be taken and one left about whether one is taken for judgment or for salvation. If the imagery is patterned after the rescue of Noah from the flood, as some suggest, the ones taken are the saved (as Noah was) andthose left behind are judged. The imagery, however, is not directly tied to theidentification of the two groups. Its primary purposein context is topicture the sudden, surprisingseparation of the righteous and the judged (i.e., condemned) at the return of the Son of Man.

[24:41]  ¹¹ tn According to L&N 46.16, this refers to a hand mill normally operated by two women.