Acts 9:5
“Who are You, Lord?” Saul asked. “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,” He replied.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
4He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?”
6“Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:15But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked— becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.
Job 9:4God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?
Psalms 2:12Kiss the Son, lest He be angry and you perish in your rebellion, when His wrath ignites in an instant. Blessed are all who take refuge in Him.
Acts 5:39But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop them. You may even find yourselves fighting against God.”
1 Corinthians 10:22Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?
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 →