Acts 9:5
He said, “Who are you, Lord?” The Lord said, “I am Yeshua, whom you are persecuting.
World Messianic Bible British
In The King James Version
In Context
4He fell on the earth, and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?”
6But rise up and enter into the city, then you will be told what you must do.”
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:15But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked. You have grown fat. You have grown thick. You have become sleek. Then he abandoned God who made him, and rejected the Rock of his salvation.
Job 9:4God is wise in heart, and mighty in strength. Who has hardened himself against him and prospered?
Psalms 2:12Give sincere homage to the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish on the way, for his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all those who take refuge in him.
Acts 5:39But if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow it, and you would be found even to be fighting against God!”
1 Corinthians 10:22Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? 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 →