"An Exhortation by Elder Brown On one occasion, while Elder Stockman was preaching, Elder Brown, a Christian Baptist minister, whose name has been mentioned before in this narrative, was sitting in the desk listening to the sermon with intense interest. He became deeply moved, and suddenly his face grew pale as the dead, he reeled in his chair, and Elder Stockman caught him in his arms just as he was falling to the floor, and laid him on the sofa back of the desk, where he lay powerless until the discourse was finished. LS 55"
"And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?"
Both passages describe someone falling to the ground in a state of spiritual or physical distress. While the context and cause are different (Elder Brown's emotional reaction vs. Saul's encounter with Jesus), the shared imagery creates a thematic parallel.
"He then arose, his face still pale, but shining with light from the Sun of Righteousness, and gave a very impressive testimony. He seemed to receive holy unction from above. He was usually slow of speech, with an earnest manner, entirely free from excitement. On this occasion his solemn, measured words carried with them a new power. LS 55.2"
"And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness."
Both passages describe individuals being filled with the Holy Spirit and speaking with boldness and power. The 'shining with light' and 'holy unction' in the EGW passage are suggestive of the Holy Spirit's influence, aligning with the filling of the Holy Ghost in Acts 4:31.
"his faith confirmed. With earnestness he invited his brother ministers, church members, sinners, and infidels to examine the Bible for themselves, and charged them to let no man turn them from the purpose of ascertaining what was the truth. LS 55.3"
"These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so."
The EGW passage encourages people to examine the Bible for themselves to ascertain the truth, which is a similar theme to Acts 17:11, where the Bereans are commended for searching the scriptures daily to verify the teachings they received.