• Acts 9:7
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures

    • 7 οἱ The δὲ but ἄνδρες male persons οἱ the (ones) συνοδεύοντες journeying with αὐτῷ him ἱστήκεισαν had stood ἐνεοί, dumb, ἀκούοντες hearing μὲν indeed τῆς of the φωνῆς voice μηδένα no one δὲ but θεωροῦντες. beholding.

  • Acts Study Notes—Chapter 9
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)

    • 9:7

      hearing . . . the sound of a voice: At Ac 22:6-11, Paul himself describes his experience on the road to Damascus. That account taken together with this account gives the full picture of what happened. The Greek words used in both accounts are the same, but the grammar is different. The Greek term pho·neʹ could be rendered both “sound” and “voice.” Here it is in the genitive case and is therefore rendered “the sound of a voice.” (At Ac 22:9, the same Greek word is in the accusative case and is rendered “voice.”) So the men accompanying Paul heard the sound of a voice but apparently could not hear and understand the words spoken. So they did not hear the voice the way Paul did.​—Ac 26:14; see study note on Ac 22:9.