Acts 9:5
So he said,“Who are you, Lord?” He replied,“I am Jesus whom you are persecuting!
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- Deut 32:15 : 15 Israel’s Rebellion But Jeshurun became fat and kicked, you got fat, thick, and stuffed! Then he deserted the God who made him, and treated the Rock who saved him with contempt.
- 1 Sam 3:4-9 : 4 The LORD called to Samuel, and he replied,“Here I am!” 5 Then he ran to Eli and said,“Here I am, for you called me.” But Eli said,“I didn’t call you. Go back and lie down.” So he went back and lay down. 6 The LORD again called,“Samuel!” So Samuel got up and went to Eli and said,“Here I am, for you called me.” But Eli said,“I didn’t call you, my son. Go back and lie down.” 7 Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD; the LORD’s messages had not yet been revealed to him. 8 Then the LORD called Samuel a third time. So he got up and went to Eli and said,“Here I am, for you called me!” Eli then realized that it was the LORD who was calling the boy. 9 So Eli said to Samuel,“Go back and lie down. When he calls you, say,“Speak, LORD, for your servant is listening.” So Samuel went back and lay down in his place. 10 Then the LORD came and stood nearby, calling as he had previously done,“Samuel! Samuel!” Samuel replied,“Speak, for your servant is listening!”
- Job 9:4 : 4 He is wise in heart and mighty in strength– who has resisted him and remained safe?
- Job 40:9-9 : 9 Do you have an arm as powerful as God’s, and can you thunder with a voice like his? 10 Adorn yourself, then, with majesty and excellency, and clothe yourself with glory and honor!
- Ps 2:12 : 12 Give sincere homage! Otherwise he will be angry, and you will die because of your behavior, when his anger quickly ignites. How blessed are all who take shelter in him!
- Isa 45:9 : 9 The Lord Gives a Warning One who argues with his Creator is in grave danger, one who is like a mere shard among the other shards on the ground! The clay should not say to the potter,“What in the world are you doing? Your work lacks skill!”
- Acts 5:39 : 39 but if it is from God, you will not be able to stop them, or you may even be found fighting against God.” He convinced them,
- Acts 26:9 : 9 Of course, I myself was convinced that it was necessary to do many things hostile to the name of Jesus the Nazarene.
- 1 Cor 10:22 : 22 Or are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we really stronger than he is?
- 1 Tim 1:13 : 13 even though I was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor, and an arrogant man. But I was treated with mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief,
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- Acts 26:12-176 verses90%
12 “While doing this very thing, as I was going to Damascus with authority and complete power from the chief priests,
13 about noon along the road, Your Majesty, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining everywhere around me and those traveling with me.
14 When we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in Aramaic,‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? You are hurting yourself by kicking against the goads.’
15 So I said,‘Who are you, Lord?’ And the Lord replied,‘I am Jesus whom you are persecuting.
16 But get up and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this reason, to designate you in advance as a servant and witness to the things you have seen and to the things in which I will appear to you.
17 I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you
- Acts 9:1-44 verses88%
1 The Conversion of Saul Meanwhile Saul, still breathing out threats to murder the Lord’s disciples, went to the high priest
2 and requested letters from him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any who belonged to the Way, either men or women, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.
3 As he was going along, approaching Damascus, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.
4 He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him,“Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?”
- Acts 22:4-118 verses87%
4 I persecuted this Way even to the point of death, tying up both men and women and putting them in prison,
5 as both the high priest and the whole council of elders can testify about me. From them I also received letters to the brothers in Damascus, and I was on my way to make arrests there and bring the prisoners to Jerusalem to be punished.
6 As I was en route and near Damascus, about noon a very bright light from heaven suddenly flashed around me.
7 Then 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 the Nazarene, whom you are persecuting.’
9 Those who were with me saw the light, but did not understand the voice of the one who was speaking to me.
10 So I asked,‘What should I do, Lord?’ The Lord said to me,‘Get up and go to Damascus; there you will be told about everything that you have been designated to do.’
11 Since I could not see because of the brilliance of that light, I came to Damascus led by the hand of those who were with me.
- Acts 9:6-83 verses83%
6 But stand up and enter the city and you will be told what you must do.”
7 (Now the men who were traveling with him stood there speechless, because they heard the voice but saw no one.)
8 So Saul got up from the ground, but although his eyes were open, he could see nothing. Leading him by the hand, his companions brought him into Damascus.
- Acts 9:10-178 verses78%
10 Now there was a disciple in Damascus named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision,“Ananias,” and he replied,“Here I am, Lord.”
11 Then the Lord told him,“Get up and go to the street called‘Straight,’ and at Judas’ house look for a man from Tarsus named Saul. For he is praying,
12 and he has seen in a vision a man named Ananias come in and place his hands on him so that he may see again.”
13 But Ananias replied,“Lord, I have heard from many people about this man, how much harm he has done to your saints in Jerusalem,
14 and here he has authority from the chief priests to imprison all who call on your name!”
15 But the Lord said to him,“Go, because this man is my chosen instrument to carry my name before Gentiles and kings and the people of Israel.
16 For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name.”
17 So Ananias departed and entered the house, placed his hands on Saul and said,“Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you came here, has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”
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19 I replied,‘Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat those in the various synagogues who believed in you.
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21 All who heard him were amazed and were saying,“Is this not the man who in Jerusalem was ravaging those who call on this name, and who had come here to bring them as prisoners to the chief priests?”
- Acts 22:13-142 verses71%
13 came to me and stood beside me and said to me,‘Brother Saul, regain your sight!’ And at that very moment I looked up and saw him.
14 Then he said,‘The God of our ancestors has already chosen you to know his will, to see the Righteous One, and to hear a command from his mouth,
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13 For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how I was savagely persecuting the church of God and trying to destroy it.
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23 They were only hearing,“The one who once persecuted us is now proclaiming the good news of the faith he once tried to destroy.”
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9 But Saul(also known as Paul), filled with the Holy Spirit, stared straight at him
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41 “What do you want me to do for you?” He replied,“Lord, let me see again.”
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9 For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
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27 But Barnabas took Saul, brought him to the apostles, and related to them how he had seen the Lord on the road, that the Lord had spoken to him, and how in Damascus he had spoken out boldly in the name of Jesus.
- John 9:36-372 verses70%
36 The man replied,“And who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?”
37 Jesus told him,“You have seen him; he is the one speaking with you.”[
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21 Then he said to me,‘Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”
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13 even though I was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor, and an arrogant man. But I was treated with mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief,
- Acts 26:9-102 verses68%
9 Of course, I myself was convinced that it was necessary to do many things hostile to the name of Jesus the Nazarene.
10 And that is what I did in Jerusalem: Not only did I lock up many of the saints in prisons by the authority I received from the chief priests, but I also cast my vote against them when they were sentenced to death.
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11 Now look, the hand of the Lord is against you, and you will be blind, unable to see the sun for a time!” Immediately mistiness and darkness came over him, and he went around seeking people to lead him by the hand.
- John 18:6-72 verses68%
6 So when Jesus said to them,“I am he,” they retreated and fell to the ground.
7 Then Jesus asked them again,“Who are you looking for?” And they said,“Jesus the Nazarene.”
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8 He asked me,‘Who are you?’ I told him,‘I’m an Amalekite.’
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57 Challenging Professed Followers As they were walking along the road, someone said to him,“I will follow you wherever you go.”