Acts 9:4

Coverdale Bible (1535)

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

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  • 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.
  • Acts 26:14-15 : 14 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. 15 But I sayde: LORDE, who art thou? He sayde: I am Iesus, whom thou persecutest.
  • Isa 63:9 : 9 In their troubles he forsoke the not, but the angel that went forth from his presence, delyuered them: Of very loue & kindnesse that he had vnto them, redemed he them. He hath borne them, and caried them vp euer, sence the worlde begane.
  • Rom 11:22 : 22 Beholde therfore the kyndnesse and rigorousnes off God: on them which fell, rigorousnes: but towarde the, kyndnes, yf thou contynue in the kyndnesse. Els shalt thou be hewe of:
  • 1 Cor 4:7 : 7 For who preferreth the? What hast thou that thou hast not receaued? Yf thou hast receaued it, why makest thou the thy boost, as though thou haddest not receaued it?
  • 1 Cor 12:12 : 12 For as the body is one, and hath yet many membres, neuertheles all the membres of the body though they be many, are yet but one body: euen so Christ also.
  • Eph 5:30 : 30 For we are membres of his body, of his flesh and of his bones.
  • Gen 3:9 : 9 And ye LORDE God called Adam, and sayde vnto him: Where art thou?
  • Gen 16:8 : 8 and sayde vnto her: Agar Sarais maide, whence commest thou? & whyther wylt thou go? She sayde: I fle fro my mastresse Sarai.
  • Gen 22:11 : 11 Then the angell of the LORDE called from heauen vnto him, and sayde: Abraham Abraham. He answered: here am I.
  • Exod 3:4 : 4 Whan the LORDE sawe, that he wente his waye to se, God called vnto him out of the bush, and sayde: Moses, Moses. He answered: Here am I.
  • Num 16:45 : 45 Get you out of this cogregacion, I wil shortly consume the. And they fell vpon their faces.
  • Matt 25:40 : 40 And the kynge shal answer and saye vnto them: Verely I saye vnto you: Loke what ye haue done vnto one of the least of these my brethren, the same haue ye done vnto me.
  • Matt 25:45-46 : 45 The shal he answere them, and saye: Verely I saye vnto you: Loke what ye haue not done vnto one of the leest of these, the same haue ye not done vnto me. 46 And these shal go in to euerlastinge payne, but the righteous in to euerlastinge life.
  • Luke 10:41 : 41 But Iesus answered, and sayde vnto her: Martha Martha, thou takest thought, and combrest thy self aboute many thinges:
  • John 18:6 : 6 Now whan Iesus sayde vnto the: I am he, they wete bacwardes, and fell to the grounde.
  • John 20:16 : 16 Iesus sayde vnto her: Mary. Then turned she her aboute, & sayde vnto him: Rabboni, yt is to saye: Master.
  • John 21:15 : 15 Now wha they had dyned, Iesus sayde vnto Symon Peter: Symo Iohana, louest thou me more then these do? He sayde vnto him: Yee LORDE, thou knowest yt I loue the. He sayde vnto him: Fede my labes.
  • Acts 5:10 : 10 And immediatly she fell downe at his fete, and gaue vp the goost. Then came in the yonge men, and founde her deed, and caried her out, and buried her by hir hussbade.
  • Acts 22:7-8 : 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.

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  • Acts 22:6-11
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    6 But it fortuned as I made my iourney, and came nye vnto Damascon, aboute noone, sodenly there shone a greate lighte aboute me from heauen,

    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.

    10 I 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.

    11 But 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.

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

    13 euen 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.

    14 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.

    15 But I sayde: LORDE, who art thou? He sayde: I am Iesus, whom thou persecutest.

    16 But 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.

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

  • Acts 9:5-18
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    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.

    6 And 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.

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

    8 Saul 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:

    9 and he was thre dayes without sighte, and nether ate ner dranke.

    10 At 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.

    11 The 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.

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

    14 And here hath he auctorite of the hye prestes, to bynde all those yt call vpon thy name.

    15 The 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.

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

    17 And 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.

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

  • Acts 9:1-3
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    1 Saul was yet breathinge out threatnynges and slaughter agaynst the disciples of the LORDE. And wente vnto ye hye preste,

    2 and 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.

    3 And 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,

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

    14 He 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:

  • Acts 9:20-21
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    20 And straight waye he preached Christ in the synagoges, how that he was ye sonne of God.

    21 But 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?

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

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

  • Acts 9:26-27
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    26 But whan Saul came to Ierusalem, he assayed to ioyne himself to ye disciples. And they were all afrayed of him, and beleued not, yt he was a disciple.

    27 Neuertheles 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.

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

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

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

  • 6 Now whan Iesus sayde vnto the: I am he, they wete bacwardes, and fell to the grounde.

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

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

  • 9 For I am ye leest of the Apostles, which am not worthy to be called an Apostle, because I persecuted the congregacion of God.

  • 10 which 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.

  • 41 and sayde: What wilt thou, that I do vnto the? He sayde: LORDE, that I maye receaue my sight.

  • 3 But Saul made hauocke of the congregacion, entred in to euery house, and drue out men & wemen, & delyuered the to preson.

  • 1 Saul had pleasure in his death. At ye same tyme there was a greate persecucion ouer the congregacion at Ierusale. And they were all scatered abrode in the regions of Iewrye & Samaria, excepte the Apostles.

  • 29 He called for a lighte, and sprange in, and trembled, and fell at the fete of Paul and Sylas,

  • 11 And now beholde, the hade of the LORDE commeth vpon the, and thou shalt be blynde, and not se the Sonne for a season, And immediatly there fell on him a myst and darknesse, and he wente aboute, and soughte them that shulde lede him by the hande.