Acts 22:9

9My companions saw the light, but they did not understand the voice of him who was speaking to me.

9And those who were with me saw the light, but did not 22:9 Or hear (with comprehension)understand the voice of the One who was speaking to me.

9And those who were with me saw the light, to be sure, but did not understand the voice of the One who was speaking to me.

9Now those who were with me 22:9 At first look, what Paul says here seems to contradict Luke the writer’s own description of what happened in 9:7. However, Luke says there that Paul’s companions saw no one, not that they did not see the light; and this may be an indication that Paul did not just see the light but saw Jesus in the light. As for what was heard, there is a subtle distinction in the Greek between the two accounts. The Greek word for “hear” takes an object in one form for the source of a sound, and in another form for the substance or content of a sound. In 9:7 Luke uses the first form, indicating that Paul’s companions heard the voice as a sound. Here in 22:9, the second form is used, indicating that the others did not hear the substance of the sound—that is, they could not make out what the voice was saying.saw the light, but did not understand the voice of the One who was speaking to me.

9My companions saw the light, but they could not understand the voice of the One speaking to me.

9The light was seen by my companions. But they didn’t understand the voice of the one speaking to me.