Acts 9:5

"Who art thou, Lord?" he asked. "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting," was the reply.

Weymouth NT (1912)

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

4and falling to the ground he heard a voice which said to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?"

6"But rise and go to the city, and you will be told what you are to do.

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Cross References

Acts 5:39But if it is really from God, you will be powerless to put them down--lest perhaps you find yourselves to be actually fighting against God."

1 Corinthians 10:22Or are we actually arousing 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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