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Acts 22:5-7
Lexham English Bible
Acts 22:5-7
Lexham English Bible
5 as indeed the high priest and the whole council of elders can testify about me, from whom also I received letters to the brothers in Damascus, and[a] was traveling there[b] to lead away those who were there also tied up to Jerusalem so that they could be punished.
Paul Tells of His Conversion on the Damascus Road
6 “And it happened that as[c] I was traveling and approaching Damascus around noon, suddenly a very bright light from heaven flashed around me, 7 and I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’
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- Acts 22:5 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“received”) has been translated as a finite verb
- Acts 22:5 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- Acts 22:6 Here “as” is supplied as a component of the participle (“was traveling”) which is understood as temporal
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