Acts 26:14

Coverdale Bible (1535)

But whan we were all fallen downe to the earth, I herde a voyce speakynge vnto me, and sayege in Hebrue: Saul Saul, why persecutest thou me? It shalbe harde for the to kycke agaynst the prycke.

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  • Acts 21:40 : 40 Whan he had geuen him lycence, Paul stode on the steppes, and beckened with the hande vnto the people. Now whan there was made a greate sylece, he spake vnto them in Hebrue, and sayde:
  • Acts 22:2 : 2 Whan they herde that he spake vnto them in the Hebrue, they kepte the more sylence. And he sayde:
  • Acts 9:7 : 7 As for ye me that iourneyed wt him, they stode and were amased: for they herde a voyce, but sawe noman.
  • Acts 22:7-9 : 7 and I fell to the earth, and herde a voyce which sayde vnto me: Saull Saull, why persecutest thou me? 8 I answered: Who art thou LORDE? And he sayde vnto me: I am Iesus of Nazareth whom thou persecutest. 9 As for them that were with me, they sawe ye lighte and were afrayed, but they herde not the voyce of him that spake with me.
  • 1 Cor 10:22 : 22 Or wyl we prouoke the LORDE? I maye do all thinges, but all thinges are not profitable.
  • Prov 13:15 : 15 Good vnderstondinge geueth fauoure, but harde is the waye of the despysers.
  • Zech 2:8 : 8 for thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes: With a glorious power hath he sent me out to the Heithe, which spoyled you: for who so toucheth you, shal touche the aple of his owne eye.
  • Zech 12:2 : 2 Beholde, I will make Ierusalem a cuppe of surfet, vnto all the people yt are rounde aboute her: Yee Iuda himself also shalbe in the sege agaynst Ierusalem.
  • Acts 9:4-5 : 4 and he fell to the earth, and herde a voyce, which sayde vnto him: Saul Saul why persecutest thou me? 5 He sayde: LORDE, who art thou? The LORDE sayde: I am Iesus, who thou persecutest. It shalbe harde for ye to kycke agaynst the prycke.

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  • Acts 9:1-8
    8 verses
    90%

    1Saul was yet breathinge out threatnynges and slaughter agaynst the disciples of the LORDE. And wente vnto ye hye preste,

    2and desyred of him letters to Damascon vnto the synagoges, that yf he foude eny of this waye (whether they were men or wemen) he mighte brynge the bounde vnto Ierusalem.

    3And as he was goinge on his iourney, it fortuned, that he came nye vnto Damasco, and sodenly there shyned rounde aboute hi a light fro heaue,

    4and he fell to the earth, and herde a voyce, which sayde vnto him: Saul Saul why persecutest thou me?

    5He sayde: LORDE, who art thou? The LORDE sayde: I am Iesus, who thou persecutest. It shalbe harde for ye to kycke agaynst the prycke.

    6And he both tremblinge and astonnyed, sayde: LORDE what wilt thou that I shal do? The LORDE sayde vnto him: Aryse, and go into the cite, there shal it be tolde the what thou shalt do.

    7As for ye me that iourneyed wt him, they stode and were amased: for they herde a voyce, but sawe noman.

    8Saul rose from the earth, and whan he had opened his eyes, he sawe noman. Neuertheles they toke him by the honde, & broughte him to Damasco:

  • Acts 22:2-11
    10 verses
    89%

    2Whan they herde that he spake vnto them in the Hebrue, they kepte the more sylence. And he sayde:

    3I am a man which am a Iewe, borne at Tharsis in Celicia, and broughte vp in this cite at the fete off Gamaliel, enfourmed diligently in the lawe of the fathers, and was feruent mynded to God warde, as ye all are also this daye,

    4and I persecuted this waye vnto the death. I bounde them and delyuered them vnto preson, both men and wemen,

    5as ye hye prest also doth beare me wytnesse, and all ye Elders: of whom I receaued letters vnto the brethren, and wente towarde Damascon, that I mighte brynge them which were there, bounde to Ierusalem, to be punyshed.

    6But it fortuned as I made my iourney, and came nye vnto Damascon, aboute noone, sodenly there shone a greate lighte aboute me from heauen,

    7and I fell to the earth, and herde a voyce which sayde vnto me: Saull Saull, why persecutest thou me?

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

    9As for them that were with me, they sawe ye lighte and were afrayed, but they herde not the voyce of him that spake with me.

    10I sayde: LORDE, what shal I do? The LORDE sayde vnto me: Aryse, and go in to Damascon, there shal it be tolde ye of all that is appoynted the to do.

    11But whan I sawe nothinge for the bryghtnesse of the lighte, I was led by the hande of them that were with me, and came to Damascon.

  • Acts 26:15-17
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    15But I sayde: LORDE, who art thou? He sayde: I am Iesus, whom thou persecutest.

    16But ryse vp, and stonde vpon thy fete, for therfore haue I appeared vnto the, that I mighte ordeyne the to be a mynister and witnesse of it that thou hast sene, and that I wyll yet cause to appeare vnto the.

    17And I wil delyuer the from the people, and from the Heythen, amonge who I wil now sende the,

  • Acts 26:9-13
    5 verses
    82%

    9I also verely thoughte by my selfe, that I oughte to do many cotrary thinges cleane agaynst the name off Iesus off Nazareth,

    10which I dyd at Ierusalem, whan I shut vp many sayntes in preson, whervpon I receaued auctorite of ye hye prestes. And wha they shulde be put to death, I broughte the sentence.

    11And thorow all the synagoges I punyshed them oft, and compelled the to blaspheme, and was exceadinge mad vpon them, and persecuted them euen vnto straunge cities.

    12Aboute which thinges as I wente towarde Damascon with auctorite and lycence of the hye prestes,

    13euen at myddaye (O kynge) I sawe in the waye, that a lighte from heaue (clearer then the brightnesse of the Sonne) shyned rounde aboute me, and them that iourneyed with me.

  • Acts 9:10-13
    4 verses
    76%

    10At Damascon there was a disciple named Ananias, and vnto him sayde the LORDE in a vision: Ananias And he sayde: beholde, here am I LORDE.

    11The LORDE sayde vnto him: Aryse, and go in to the strete which is called straight, and axe in the house of Iuda after one called Saul of Tharsis: for beholde, he prayeth,

    12& hath sene in a vision a ma named Ananias comynge vnto him, & layenge the hade vpo him, that he mighte receaue his sighte.

    13Ananias answered: LORDE, I haue herde by many of this mau, how moch euell he hath done to thy sayntes at Ierusale.

  • Acts 22:13-14
    2 verses
    75%

    13the same came, and stepte vnto me, and sayde: Brother Saul, loke vp. And I loked vp vpon him the same houre.

    14He sayde: The God of oure fathers hath ordeyned the before, that thou shuldest knowe his wyll, and se the thinge yt is rightfull, and heare the voyce out of his mouth:

  • Gal 1:13
    74%

    13For ye haue herde of my conuersacion afore tyme in the Ieweshippe, how that beyode measure I persecuted the cogregacion of God, and spoyled it,

  • Acts 22:17-21
    5 verses
    73%

    17But it fortuned, that whan I was come agayne to Ierusale, and prayed in the temple, I was in a traunce,

    18and sawe him. Then sayde he vnto me: Make haist, and get the soone out of Ierusalem, for they wyl not receaue the witnesse that thou bearest of me.

    19And I sayde: LORDE, they the selues knowe that I put in preson and bett in euery synagoge them that beleued on the.

    20And wha the bloude of Steue thy witnesse was shed, I stode by also, & consented vnto his death, and kepte the clothes of them that slewe him.

    21And he sayde vnto me: Go thy waye, for I wil sende the farre amonge the Hey then.

  • Acts 9:21
    73%

    21But all they that herde him, were amased, and sayde: Is not this he, which at Ierusalem spoyled all those that called on his name? and came hither to the intent that he shulde brynge them bounde vnto the hye prestes?

  • Gal 1:23
    72%

    23Neuertheles they had herde onely, that: He that persecuted vs in tyme passed, preacheth now ye faith which some tyme he destroyed:

  • Acts 26:19
    72%

    19Wherfore (O kynge Agrippa) I was not faithlesse vnto ye heauely vision,

  • Acts 9:15-18
    4 verses
    72%

    15The LORDE sayde vnto him: Go thy waye, for this man is a chosen vessell vnto me, that he maye beare my name before the Heythen, and before kynges, and before the children of Israel.

    16I wil shewe him, how greate thinges he must suffre for my names sake.

    17And Ananias wente his waye, and came in to the house, and layed the handes vpon him, and sayde: Brother Saul, the LORDE which appeared vnto ye in the waye as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receaue thy sight, and be fylled with the holy goost.

    18And immediatly there fell from his eyes as it had bene scales, and he receaued his sighte, and rose, and was baptysed,

  • Acts 26:21
    71%

    21For this cause the Iewes toke me in the temple, and wente aboute to kyll me.

  • Acts 13:9
    71%

    9But Saul which is also called Paul, beynge full of the holy goost, loked vpon him,

  • Acts 9:27
    70%

    27Neuertheles Barnabas toke him, and broughte him to the Apostles, and tolde them how he had sene the LORDE in the waye, and how he spake to him, & how he had done boldly at Damascon in the name of Iesu.

  • Acts 7:57
    69%

    57But they cried out with a loude voyce, & stopped their eares, and rane violently vpon him all at once,

  • Acts 2:37
    69%

    37Whan they herde this, their hert pricked them, and they sayde vnto Peter and to the other Apostles: Ye men and brethre, What shal we do?