Acts 26:13

26:13 about noon along the road, Your Majesty, ¹  I saw a light from heaven, ²  brighter than the sun, shining everywhere around ³  me and those traveling with me.

Acts 26:19

26:19 “Therefore, King Agrippa, ⁴  I was not disobedient ⁵  to the heavenly ⁶  vision,

[26:13]  ¹ tn Grk “O King.”

[26:13]  ² tn Or “from the sky” (the same Greek word means both “heaven” and “sky”).

[26:13]  ³ 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.

[26:19]  ⁴ sn See the note on King Agrippa in 25:13.

[26:19]  ⁵ sn I was not disobedient. Paul’s defense is that he merely obeyed the risen Jesus. He was arrested for obeying heavenly direction and preaching the opportunity to turn to God.

[26:19]  ⁶ tn According to L&N 1.5, “In Ac 26:19 the adjective οὐράνιος could be interpreted as being related simply to the meaning of οὐρανός^a ‘sky,’ but it seems preferable to regard οὐράνιος in this context as meaning simply ‘from heaven’ or ‘heavenly.’”