Acts 26:14

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And when we were all fallen to the earth, I hearde a voyce speakyng vnto me, and saying in the Hebrewe tongue: Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? It is harde for thee to kicke agaynste the prickes.

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  • Acts 21:40 : 40 And when he had geuen hym licence, Paul stoode on the stayres, & beckened with ye hande vnto the people: And whe there was made a great scilece, he spake vnto them in the Hebrue tongue, saying:
  • Acts 22:2 : 2 (And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrue tongue to the, they kept ye more scilence. And he saith:)
  • Acts 9:7 : 7 The men also which iourneyed with him, stoode amased, hearing a voyce, but seyng no man.
  • Acts 22:7-9 : 7 And I fell vnto the earth, and hearde a voyce saying vnto me: Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me: 8 And I aunswered: Who art thou Lorde? And he sayde vnto me: I am Iesus of Nazareth whom thou persecutest. 9 And they that were with me, sawe veryly a lyght, and were afrayde: but they hearde not the voyce of hym that spake with me.
  • 1 Cor 10:22 : 22 Either do we prouoke the Lorde to anger? Are we stronger then he?
  • Prov 13:15 : 15 Good vnderstandyng geueth fauour: but harde is the way of the dispisers.
  • Zech 2:8 : 8 For thus saith the Lorde of hoastes, After this glory hath he sent me out to the heathen which spoyled you: for who so toucheth you, shal touche the apple of his owne eye.
  • Zech 12:2 : 2 Beholde, I wyll make Hierusalem a cuppe of surfet vnto all the people that are rounde about her: yea Iuda him selfe also shalbe in the siege against Hierusalem.
  • Acts 9:4-5 : 4 And he fell to the earth, and hearde a voyce saying to him: Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? 5 And he sayde: Who art thou Lorde? And the Lorde said: I am Iesus who thou persecutest, It is harde for thee to kicke agaynst the prickes.

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  • Acts 9:1-8
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    1And Saul yet breathyng out threatnings and slaughter agaynst the disciples of ye Lord, went vnto ye hie priest,

    2And desired of him letters to carrye to Damascus, to the synagogues: that yf he founde any of this waye, whether they were men or women, he myght bryng them bounde vnto Hierusalem.

    3And when he iourneyed, it came to passe, that as he was come nye to Damascus, sodenly there shyned rounde about hym a lyght from heauen:

    4And he fell to the earth, and hearde a voyce saying to him: Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

    5And he sayde: Who art thou Lorde? And the Lorde said: I am Iesus who thou persecutest, It is harde for thee to kicke agaynst the prickes.

    6And he both tremblyng and astonyed, sayde: Lord, what wylt thou haue me to do? And the Lorde sayde vnto hym: Aryse, and go into the citie, and it shalbe tolde thee what thou must do.

    7The men also which iourneyed with him, stoode amased, hearing a voyce, but seyng no man.

    8And Saul arose from the earth, and when he opened his eyes, he sawe no man: But they ledde him by the hande, and brought hym into Damascus.

  • Acts 22:2-11
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    2(And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrue tongue to the, they kept ye more scilence. And he saith:)

    3I am verily a man which am a Iewe, borne in Tarsus in Cilicia, and yet brought vp in this citie at ye feete of Gamaliel, and infourmed accordyng to the perfect maner of the lawe of ye fathers, and was zelous towarde God, as ye all are this same day.

    4And I persecuted this way vnto the death, byndyng & delyueryng into prison both men and women,

    5As also the chiefe priest doth beare me witnesse, and all the estate of the elders: of whom also I receaued letters vnto the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bryng them whiche were there, bounde vnto Hierusalem for to be punisshed.

    6And it came to passe, that as I made my iourney, & was come nye vnto Damascus, about noone, sodeinly there shone from heauen a great light rounde about me.

    7And I fell vnto the earth, and hearde a voyce saying vnto me: Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me:

    8And I aunswered: Who art thou Lorde? And he sayde vnto me: I am Iesus of Nazareth whom thou persecutest.

    9And they that were with me, sawe veryly a lyght, and were afrayde: but they hearde not the voyce of hym that spake with me.

    10And I saide: What shall I do Lord? And the Lorde sayde vnto me: Aryse, and go into Damascus, & there it shalbe tolde thee of all thynges whiche are appoynted for thee to do.

    11And when I sawe nothyng for the bryghtnesse of the lyght, I was ledde by the hande of the that were with me, and came into Damascus.

  • Acts 26:15-17
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    15And I sayde: Who art thou Lorde? And he sayde: I am Iesus whom thou persecutest.

    16But ryse and stande vpon thy feete. For I haue appeared vnto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witnesse, both of those thynges which thou hast seene, and of those thynges in the which I wyll appeare vnto thee,

    17Delyueryng thee from the people, and from the gentiles, vnto whom nowe I sende thee,

  • Acts 26:9-13
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    9I also veryly thought in my selfe that I ought to do many contrary thynges, cleane agaynst the name of Iesus of Nazareth:

    10Which thyng I also dyd in Hierusalem. And many of the Saintes dyd I shut vp in pryson, hauyng receaued aucthoritie of the hye priestes: And when they were put to death, I gaue the sentence.

    11And I punished them oft in euery synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme: and was yet more mad vpon them, and persecuted them, euen vnto straunge cities.

    12About which thynges, as I went to Damascus, with auctoritie and commission of the hye priestes:

    13Euen at mydday, O kyng, I sawe in the way, a lyght from heauen, aboue the bryghtnesse of the Sunne, shyne rounde about me and them which iourneyed with me.

  • Acts 9:10-13
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    10And there was a certayne disciple at Damascus, named Ananias: & to him sayde the Lorde in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold I am here Lorde.

    11And the Lorde sayde vnto hym: aryse, and go into the streate, whiche is called strayght, and seeke in the house of Iudas, after one called Saul, of Tarsus: for beholde he prayeth,

    12And hath seene in a vision a man named Ananias commyng in to hym, and puttyng his handes on hym, that he myght receaue his syght.

    13Then Ananias aunswered: Lorde, I haue heard by many, of this man, how much euyll he hath done to thy saintes, at Hierusalem.

  • Acts 22:13-14
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    13Came vnto me, and stoode, and sayde vnto me: Brother Saul, receaue thy syght. And the same houre I receaued my syght, and sawe hym.

    14And he said: The God of our fathers hath ordeyned thee before, that thou shouldest knowe his wyll, and see that iuste one, and shouldest heare the voyce of his mouth.

  • Gal 1:13
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    13For ye haue hearde of my conuersation in tyme past in the Iewes religion, howe that beyonde measure I persecuted the Churche of God, & spoyled it:

  • Acts 22:17-21
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    17And it came to passe, that whe I was come agayne to Hierusalem, and prayed in the temple, I was in a traunce,

    18And sawe him, saying vnto me: Make haste and get thee quickly out of Hierusalem: for they wyl not receaue thy witnesse concernyng me.

    19And I sayde: Lord, they knowe that I prisoned and beat in euery synagogue them that beleued on thee.

    20And when the blood of thy wytnesse Steuen was shedde, I also stoode by, and consented vnto his death, and kept the rayment of them that slue hym.

    21And he sayde vnto me: depart, for I wyll sende thee farre hence vnto the gentiles.

  • Acts 9:21
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    21But all that hearde hym, were amased, and sayde: Is not this he that destroyed them which called on this name in Hierusalem, and came hyther for that intent, that he myght bryng the bounde vnto the hye priestes?

  • Gal 1:23
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    23But they had hearde only, that he which persecuted vs in tyme past, nowe preacheth the fayth, which before he destroyed.

  • Acts 26:19
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    19Wherfore, O kyng Agrippa, I was not disobedient vnto the heauenly visio:

  • Acts 9:15-18
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    15The Lord sayde vnto hym: Go thy way, for he is a chosen vessell vnto me, to beare my name before the gentiles, & kynges, and the chyldren of Israel.

    16For I wyl shew hym how great thinges he must suffer for my names sake.

    17And Ananias went his way, and entred into the house, and put his handes on hym, and sayde: Brother Saul, the Lorde (euen Iesus that appeared vnto thee in the waye as thou camest) hath sent me, that thou myghtest receaue thy syght, & be fylled with the holy ghost.

    18And immediatly there fell from his eyes as it had ben scales, & he receaued syght foorthwith, and arose, and was baptized,

  • Acts 26:21
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    21For this cause the Iewes caught me in the temple, & went about to kyll me.

  • Acts 13:9
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    9Then Saul (which also is called Paul) beyng full of the holy ghost, set his eyes on hym,

  • Acts 9:27
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    27But Barnabas toke hym, & brought hym to the Apostles, and declared to them howe he had seene the Lorde in the way, & that he had spoken to hym, and howe he had done boldely at Damasco in the name of Iesu.

  • Acts 7:57
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    57Then they gaue a shoute with a loude voyce, and stopped their eares, and ran vpon hym all at once,

  • Acts 2:37
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    37Nowe when they hearde this, they were pricked in their heartes, and sayde vnto Peter, & vnto the other Apostles: Ye men & brethren, what shall we do?