Acts 22:7

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I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’

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  • Gen 3:9 : 9 But the LORD God called out to the man and said to him, 'Where are you?'
  • Gen 16:8 : 8 He said, "Hagar, Sarai's maidservant, where have you come from, and where are you going?" She answered, "I am fleeing from the presence of my mistress Sarai."
  • Gen 22:1 : 1 After these events, God tested Abraham and said to him, 'Abraham!' And he replied, 'Here I am.'
  • Gen 22:11 : 11 But the angel of the LORD called to him from heaven, 'Abraham! Abraham!' And he replied, 'Here I am.'
  • Exod 3:4 : 4 When the LORD saw that he turned aside to look, God called to him out of the bush and said, 'Moses, Moses!' And Moses replied, 'Here I am.'
  • 1 Sam 3:10 : 10 The Lord came, stood there, and called as he had before: "Samuel! Samuel!" And Samuel said, "Speak, for your servant is listening."
  • Isa 43:22-26 : 22 Yet you have not called on Me, Jacob; you have grown weary of Me, Israel. 23 You have not brought Me sheep for burnt offerings, nor honored Me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with grain offerings nor wearied you with demands for incense. 24 You have not bought Me sweet cane with money, nor satisfied Me with the fat of your sacrifices. Instead, you have burdened Me with your sins and wearied Me with your iniquities. 25 I, I am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake, and I will not remember your sins. 26 Remind Me; let us argue the matter together. State your case, so that you may be justified.
  • Jer 2:5 : 5 This is what the LORD says: ‘What fault did your ancestors find in me that they strayed so far from me? They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves.
  • Jer 2:9 : 9 Therefore I will still bring charges against you, declares the LORD, and against your children’s children I will bring charges.
  • Matt 25:45 : 45 Then he will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, to the extent that you did not do it for one of the least of these, you did not do it for me.’
  • Matt 27:23 : 23 But he said, 'Why? What evil has He done?' Yet they kept shouting all the more, 'Let Him be crucified!'
  • 1 Tim 1:13 : 13 Even though I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man, I was shown mercy because I acted in ignorance and unbelief.

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  • Acts 9:1-8
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    1But Saul, still breathing out threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, approached the high priest.

    2He requested letters from him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any who belonged to the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

    3As he was traveling and nearing Damascus, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.

    4He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?"

    5He said, "Who are You, Lord?" The Lord replied, "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. It is hard for you to kick against the goads."

    6Trembling and astonished, he said, "Lord, what do You want me to do?" The Lord said to him, "Get up and go into the city, and it will be told to you what you must do."

    7The men traveling with him stood speechless; they heard the sound but saw no one.

    8Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes, he could see nothing. So they led him by the hand into Damascus.

  • Acts 22:8-11
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    8I answered, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ He said to me, ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, the one you are persecuting.’

    9Now those who were with me saw the light, but they did not understand the voice of the one who was speaking to me.

    10I asked, ‘What should I do, Lord?’ The Lord told me, ‘Get up and go into Damascus. There you will be told everything that has been assigned for you to do.’

    11Since I could not see because of the brightness of that light, I was led by the hand by those who were with me and went into Damascus.

  • Acts 26:10-17
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    89%

    10And that is what I did in Jerusalem. I locked up many of the saints in prison, having received authority from the chief priests. And when they were condemned to death, I cast my vote against them.

    11I punished them often in all the synagogues, trying to force them to blaspheme. In my raging fury against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.

    12In this pursuit, I was traveling to Damascus with the authority and commission from the chief priests.

    13At midday, O King, while I was on the road, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those traveling with me.

    14When we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me in Hebrew, saying, 'Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.'

    15I asked, 'Who are you, Lord?' And the Lord replied, 'I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.'

    16But rise and stand on your feet; for this purpose I have appeared to you: to appoint you as a servant and a witness of what you have seen and of what I will show you.

    17I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them,

  • Acts 22:4-6
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    4I persecuted this Way to the point of death, arresting both men and women and throwing them into prison.

    5As the high priest and the council of elders can testify, I even obtained letters from them to the brothers in Damascus and went there to bring back these people as prisoners to Jerusalem to be punished.

    6But as I was traveling and approaching Damascus, about noon, a bright light from heaven suddenly flashed around me.

  • Acts 22:13-14
    2 verses
    80%

    13He came to me, stood by, and said, 'Brother Saul, regain your sight!' At that moment, I looked up and could see him.

    14Then he said, 'The God of our ancestors has chosen you to know His will, to see the Righteous One, and to hear words from His mouth.

  • Acts 9:10-13
    4 verses
    78%

    10There was a disciple in Damascus named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision, "Ananias." He replied, "Here I am, Lord."

    11The Lord said to him, "Get up and go to the street called Straight, and at the house of Judas, look for a man of Tarsus named Saul. For he is praying.

    12In a vision, he has seen a man named Ananias coming in and placing his hands on him so that he might regain his sight."

    13Ananias answered, "Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much harm he has done to Your saints in Jerusalem.

  • Gal 1:13
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    13For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God beyond measure and tried to destroy it.

  • Acts 9:21
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    21All who heard him were amazed and said, "Isn’t this the man who raised havoc in Jerusalem among those who call on this name? And didn’t he come here to take them as prisoners to the chief priests?"

  • Acts 22:17-21
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    76%

    17After I returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, I fell into a trance.

    18I saw Him saying to me, 'Hurry and leave Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about Me.'

    19But I said, 'Lord, they themselves know that I used to imprison and beat those who believed in You in the synagogues.

    20And when the blood of Your servant Stephen was being shed, I stood there, giving my approval and guarding the clothes of those who were killing him.'

    21Then He said to me, 'Go, because I am sending you far away to the Gentiles.'

  • Acts 9:15-18
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    15But the Lord said to him, "Go, for this man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before Gentiles, kings, and the sons of Israel.

    16For I will show him how much he must suffer for My name’s sake."

    17Ananias went, entered the house, and after placing his hands on him, said, "Brother Saul, the Lord—Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming—has sent me so that you might regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit."

    18At once, something like scales fell from his eyes, and he regained his sight. He got up and was baptized.

  • Acts 26:21
    74%

    21For this reason, the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me.

  • Gal 1:23
    73%

    23They only heard the report: 'The one who formerly persecuted us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy.'

  • 1 Cor 15:9
    73%

    9For I am the least of the apostles, not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

  • Acts 9:27
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    27But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles. He explained to them how Saul had seen the Lord on the road, that the Lord had spoken to him, and how in Damascus he had spoken boldly in the name of Jesus.

  • Acts 13:9
    72%

    9But Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, stared intently at him.

  • John 18:6-7
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    6When Jesus said to them, 'I am he,' they stepped back and fell to the ground.

    7Jesus asked them again, 'Whom are you looking for?' And they said, 'Jesus the Nazarene.'

  • Acts 26:19
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    19So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.

  • Job 19:22
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    22Why do you pursue me as God does and are not satisfied with my flesh?

  • Acts 7:58
    71%

    58They dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile, the witnesses laid their coats at the feet of a young man named Saul.