Acts 9:5
“Who are you, Lord?” Saul asked. “I am Jesus, the one you're persecuting,” he replied.
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In Context
4He fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?”
6“Get up, go on into the city, and you'll be told what to do.”
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:15But Israel, you grew fat and rebelled—fat, overweight, and bloated with food. You abandoned the God who made you and despised the Rock of your salvation.
Job 9:4God is so wise and so powerful that no one could challenge him and win.
Psalms 2:12Submit to his son so that he will not become angry and you die suddenly. His anger flares up quickly, but how happy are all those who go to him for protection.
Acts 5:39But if it comes from God, you won't be able to defeat them. You could even find yourselves fighting against God!”
1 Corinthians 10:22Are we trying to make the Lord jealous? Are we stronger than he is?
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 →