{Not seeing} (m(8820)blep(936e)). The usual negative m(885c) of the
participle. It was a crisis for Saul, this sudden blindness for
three days (h(886d)eras treis, accusative of extent of time). Later
( Ga 4:15 ) Paul has an affection of the eyes which may have been
caused by this experience on the road to Damascus or at least his
eyes may have been predisposed by it to weakness in the glare of
the Syrian sun in the land where today so much eye trouble
exists. He neither ate nor drank anything, for his appetite had
gone as often happens in a crisis of the soul. These must have
been days of terrible stress and strain.