Acts 9:5

Saul said, “Who are yoʋ, Lord?” The Lord said, “I am Jesus, whom yoʋ are persecuting.

Text-Critical English NT

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

4Falling to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are yoʋ persecuting me?”

6But rise and enter the city, and yoʋ will be told what yoʋ must do.”

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Cross References

Acts 5:39but if it is of God, you cannot put a stop to it. You will only find yourselves fighting against God.”

1 Corinthians 10:22Or are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? 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 →

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