Acts 9:4
He fell on the earth, and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?”
World English Bible
In The King James Version
And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
In Context
3As he traveled, he got close to Damascus, and suddenly a light from the sky shone around him.
5He said, “Who are you, Lord?” The Lord said, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
Cross References
Genesis 3:9The LORD God called to the man, and said to him, “Where are you?”
Genesis 22:11The LORD’s angel called to him out of the sky, and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” He said, “Here I am.”
Numbers 16:45“Get away from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment!” They fell on their faces.
Zechariah 2:8For the LORD of Armies says: ‘For honor he has sent me to the nations which plundered you; for he who touches you touches the apple of his eye.
Matthew 25:45“Then he will answer them, saying, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you didn’t do it to one of the least of these, you didn’t do it to me.’
John 18:6When therefore he said to them, “I am he,” they went backward and fell to the ground.
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 →