Acts 9:5

‘Who are you, Lord?’ he asked. ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,’ the voice answered;

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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

4He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him – ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’

6‘Yet stand up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.’

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Cross References

Psalms 2:12lest, angry, he hurl you to ruin; for soon will his fury blaze. Happy all who take refuge in him.

Acts 5:39but, if they are of divine origin, you will be powerless to put an end to them – or else you may find yourselves fighting against God!’

1 Corinthians 10:22Or are we to rouse the jealousy of the Lord? 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 →

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