Matthew Poole and continuators on Acts 9:7

7 And the men which journeyed with him , stood speechless , hearing a voice, but seeing no man.

In Chap. 26.14. these men are said to be fallen to the earth as well as Saul, which they might at first be, and now rose up; or rather by standing still, here, is onely meant, they being sorely amazed, they remained in the place in which they were, without going forward: Thus the Angel forbid Lot and his family, to stay or stand in the plain, Gen. 19.17. meaning that they should hasten forward.

The greater difficulty, is to reconcile these words with Chap. 22.9. where it is expresly said, that these men did not hear the voice; but it is there added of him that spake unto Saul, so that they might hear the voice of Saul, as 'tis said in this place, and wonder whom he spake unto, or what he spake about, they not hearing the voice of him that spake unto him, as in that Chap. 22.9. it is said; and it seems very likely that they should not hear the voice of Christ, for we read not that any of them were converted; and being left in their infidelity, they were in some respects the more undeniable witnesses of a great part of that Miracle: but if it be understood of the voice of Christ in both places, then they might hear it, as 'tis said here, inarticulately, or the noise which that voice made; but not hear it articulately, or so as to understand it, as in a parallel case, Iohn 12.29. The people are said to hear the voice that spake unto Christ from Heaven, yet they heard so confusedly, as that they thought it had onely been thunder: To be sure, they that are converted, and they who are not converted by the word of God, may hear the word; but after a very different manner: they that are converted by it, onely hearing it inwardly, spiritually, effectually.

These Fellow-travellers with St. Paul, are said to see no man; but the expression here imports their doing their utmost for to see him that spake: thus God made a difference, Daniel 10.7. in the vision we read of there.

Marginal references: Dan. 10.7.