Acts 9:4

And when he had fallen to the earth, he heard a voice saying to him: Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

In Context

3And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus; and suddenly there shone round about him a light from heaven.

5He answered: Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said: I am Jesus, whom you persecute.

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Cross References

Matthew 25:45Then will he answer them, saying: Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as you did it not to one of the least of these, you did it not to me.

John 18:6Then, when he said to them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground.

Matthew Henry on Acts 9:2-10

Saul's Conversion. 1 And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, 2 And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem. 3 And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven: 4 And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? 5… Read the whole commentary →

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