• Acts 22:9
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures

    • 9 οἱ The (ones) δὲ but σὺν together with ἐμοὶ me ὄντες being τὸ the μὲν indeed φῶς light ἐθεάσαντο they viewed τὴν the δὲ but φωνὴν voice οὐκ not ἤκουσαν they heard τοῦ of the (one) λαλοῦντός speaking μοι. to me.

  • Acts Study Notes—Chapter 22
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)

    • 22:9

      they did not hear the voice: Or “they did not understand the voice.” At Ac 9:3-9, Luke describes Paul’s experience on the road to Damascus. These two accounts taken together give the full picture of what happened. As explained in the study note on Ac 9:7, the men accompanying Paul heard “the sound of a voice” but apparently did not understand the words spoken. Thus, they did not hear the voice the way Paul did. This is in agreement with how the Greek word for “hear” is used at Ac 22:7, where Paul explains that he “heard a voice,” that is, he heard and understood the words. By contrast, those traveling with Paul did not understand the message being conveyed to Paul, perhaps because the voice was muffled or distorted in some way. It is apparently in this sense that “they did not hear the voice.”​—Compare Mr 4:33; 1Co 14:2, where the same Greek word for “hear” could be rendered “to listen” or “to understand.”