Acts 9:4

And he fell to the ground; and he heard a voice which said to him: Saul! Saul! why persecutest thou me? It will be hard for thee to kick against the goads.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

3And as he was going, and began to approach Damascus, suddenly there was poured upon him a light from heaven.

5He replied, and said: Who art thou, my Lord? And our Lord said: I am Jesus the Nazarean, whom thou persecutest.

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Cross References

Matthew 25:45Then will he answer, and say to them: Verily I say to you, That in as much as ye did not so to one of these little ones, ye did not so to me.

John 18:6And when Jesus said to them, I am he, they drew back and fell upon 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 →

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