Acts 26:14

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When 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.'

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  • Acts 21:40 : 40 When the commander had given him permission, Paul stood on the steps and gestured to the crowd with his hand. When there was a great silence, he addressed them in the Hebrew language, saying:
  • Acts 22:2 : 2 When they heard that he was speaking to them in the Hebrew language, they became even more quiet, and he said:
  • Acts 9:7 : 7 The men traveling with him stood speechless; they heard the sound but saw no one.
  • Acts 22:7-9 : 7 I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’ 8 I answered, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ He said to me, ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, the one you are persecuting.’ 9 Now those who were with me saw the light, but they did not understand the voice of the one who was speaking to me.
  • 1 Cor 10:22 : 22 Or are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He is?
  • Prov 13:15 : 15 Good understanding wins favor, but the way of the treacherous leads to ruin.
  • Zech 2:8 : 8 He said to him, 'Run and tell that young man: Jerusalem will be inhabited as a city without walls because of the multitude of people and livestock in it.'
  • Zech 12:2 : 2 Behold, I am making Jerusalem a cup of reeling for all the surrounding nations. Even Judah will be besieged as Jerusalem is attacked.
  • Acts 9:4-5 : 4 He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?" 5 He 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."

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  • Acts 9:1-8
    8 verses
    90%

    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 22:2-11
    10 verses
    89%

    2When they heard that he was speaking to them in the Hebrew language, they became even more quiet, and he said:

    3I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city and educated at the feet of Gamaliel, strictly according to the law of our ancestors. I was zealous for God, just as all of you are today.

    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.

    7I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’

    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 26:15-17
    3 verses
    85%

    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 26:9-13
    5 verses
    82%

    9Indeed, I myself was convinced that I ought to do many things to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

    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.

  • Acts 9:10-13
    4 verses
    76%

    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.

  • Acts 22:13-14
    2 verses
    75%

    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.

  • Gal 1:13
    74%

    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 22:17-21
    5 verses
    73%

    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 9:21
    73%

    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?"

  • Gal 1:23
    72%

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

  • Acts 26:19
    72%

    19So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.

  • Acts 9:15-18
    4 verses
    72%

    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
    71%

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

  • Acts 13:9
    71%

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

  • Acts 9:27
    70%

    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 7:57
    69%

    57At this they covered their ears and, shouting at the top of their voices, they all rushed at him.

  • Acts 2:37
    69%

    37When they heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, 'Brothers, what shall we do?'