“As I was on my way and drew near to Damascus, about noon a great light from heaven suddenly shone around me.
6. And it happened. Because this history was expounded more at large in the ninth chapter, I will only briefly touch those things which were there spoken. But this is peculiar to this present place, that Paul reckoneth up his circumstances, that by them he may prove that he was converted by God.
Paul establishes he is no enemy to his nation but one of them, born free in a respectable city, educated under Gamaliel in the strictest learning of the law. His credentials were unimpeachable among the Jews themselves; what he now preaches comes not from rebellion against his people but from divine commission.
AI summary
Commenting on Acts 22:3-21
And it came to pass, that as I made my journey,.... And had almost made an end of it: and was come nigh unto Damascus; about a mile from it, as some say, about noon; this circumstance is omitted in the account in Act 9:3 and is mentioned here, not so much to inform what time of day it was, that Saul came to Damascus...