Acts 9:5

Who said: Who art thou, Lord? And he: I am Jesus whom thou persecutest. It is hard for thee to kick against the goad.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

In Context

4And falling on the ground, he heard a voice saying to him: Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

6And he trembling and astonished, said: Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:15The beloved grew fat, and kicked: he grew fat, and thick and gross, he forsook God who made him, and departed from God his saviour.

Job 9:4He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath resisted him, and hath had peace ?

Psalms 2:12Embrace discipline, lest at any time the Lord be angry, and you perish from the just way.

Acts 5:39But if it be of God, you cannot overthrow it, lest perhaps you be found even to fight against God. And they consented to him.

1 Corinthians 10:22Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy ? Are we stronger than he? All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient.

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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