Acts 26:14
We all fell to the ground, and then I heard a voice saying to me in Hebrew – ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? By kicking against the goad you are punishing yourself.’
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In The King James Version
In Context
15‘Who are you, Lord?’ I asked. And the Lord said, ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting;
Cross References
Zechariah 2:8This is what the Lord of hosts says to the nations which plundered you: Whoever touches you touches the apple of my eye.
Acts 9:4He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him – “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?”
Acts 21:40The commanding officer gave his permission, and Paul, standing on the steps, made signs with his hand to the people, and, when comparative silence had been obtained, he said to them in Hebrew:
Acts 22:7I 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 →