Acts 26:14

And when we all had fallen down to the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me and saying in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

In Context

13at midday, O king, along the road I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those traveling with me.

15So I said, ‘Who are You, Lord?’ And He said, ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.

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Cross References

Acts 9:4And falling on the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?”

Acts 21:40And permitting him, Paul stood on the stairs and motioned with his hand to the people. And when there was a great silence, he addressed them in the Hebrew language, saying,

Acts 22:7And I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?’

Matthew Henry on Acts 26:13-24

Paul's Fifth Defence. 12 Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests, 13 At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me. 14 And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. 15 And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus… Read the whole commentary →

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