Acts 9:5

World English Bible (2000)

He said, "Who are you, Lord?" The Lord said, "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.

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  • Deut 32:15 : 15 But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked. You have grown fat. You have grown thick. You have become sleek. Then he forsook God who made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
  • 1 Sam 3:4-9 : 4 that Yahweh called Samuel; and he said, "Here I am." 5 He ran to Eli, and said, "Here I am; for you called me." He said, "I didn't call; lie down again." He went and lay down. 6 Yahweh called yet again, "Samuel!" Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, "Here I am; for you called me." He answered, "I didn't call, my son; lie down again." 7 Now Samuel didn't yet know Yahweh, neither was the word of Yahweh yet revealed to him. 8 Yahweh called Samuel again the third time. He arose and went to Eli, and said, "Here I am; for you called me." Eli perceived that Yahweh had called the child. 9 Therefore Eli said to Samuel, "Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he calls you, that you shall say, 'Speak, Yahweh; for your servant hears.'" So Samuel went and lay down in his place. 10 Yahweh came, and stood, and called as at other times, "Samuel! Samuel!" Then Samuel said, "Speak; for your servant hears."
  • Job 9:4 : 4 God who is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who has hardened himself against him, and prospered?
  • Job 40:9-9 : 9 Or do you have an arm like God? Can you thunder with a voice like him? 10 "Now deck yourself with excellency and dignity. Array yourself with honor and majesty.
  • Ps 2:12 : 12 Give sincere homage to the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way, for his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all those who take refuge in him. A Psalm by David, when he fled from Absalom his son.
  • Isa 45:9 : 9 Woe to him who strives with his Maker-- a clay pot among the clay pots of the earth! Shall the clay ask him who fashions it, 'What are you making?' or your work, 'He has no hands?'
  • Acts 5:39 : 39 But if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow it, and you would be found even to be fighting against God!"
  • Acts 26:9 : 9 "I myself most certainly thought that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
  • 1 Cor 10:22 : 22 Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?
  • 1 Tim 1:13 : 13 although I was before a blasphemer, a persecutor, and insolent. However, I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Acts 26:12-17
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    90%

    12 "Whereupon as I traveled to Damascus with the authority and commission from the chief priests,

    13 at noon, O king, I saw on the way a light from the sky, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who traveled with me.

    14 When we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.'

    15 "I said, 'Who are you, Lord?' "He said, 'I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.

    16 But arise, and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose: to appoint you a servant and a witness both of the things which you have seen, and of the things which I will reveal to you;

    17 delivering you from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you,

  • Acts 9:1-4
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    1 But Saul, still breathing threats and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,

    2 and asked for letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

    3 As he traveled, it happened that he got close to Damascus, and suddenly a light from the sky shone around him.

    4 He fell on the earth, and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?"

  • Acts 22:4-11
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    4 I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.

    5 As also the high priest and all the council of the elders testify, from whom also I received letters to the brothers, and traveled to Damascus to bring them also who were there to Jerusalem in bonds to be punished.

    6 It happened that, as I made my journey, and came close to Damascus, about noon, suddenly there shone from the sky a great light around me.

    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, whom you persecute.'

    9 "Those who were with me indeed saw the light and were afraid, but they didn't understand the voice of him who spoke to me.

    10 I said, 'What shall I do, Lord?' The Lord said to me, 'Arise, and go into Damascus. There you will be told about all things which are appointed for you to do.'

    11 When I couldn't see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of those who were with me, I came into Damascus.

  • Acts 9:6-8
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    6 But rise up, and enter into the city, and you will be told what you must do."

    7 The men who traveled with him stood speechless, hearing the sound, but seeing no one.

    8 Saul arose from the ground, and when his eyes were opened, he saw no one. They led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus.

  • Acts 9:10-17
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    10 Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision, "Ananias!" He said, "Behold, it's me, Lord."

    11 The Lord said to him, "Arise, and go to the street which is called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judah for one named Saul, a man of Tarsus. For behold, he is praying,

    12 and in a vision he has seen a man named Ananias coming in, and laying his hands on him, that he might receive his sight."

    13 But Ananias answered, "Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much evil he did to your saints at Jerusalem.

    14 Here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on your name."

    15 But the Lord said to him, "Go your way, for he is my chosen vessel to bear my name before the nations and kings, and the children of Israel.

    16 For I will show him how many things he must suffer for my name's sake."

    17 Ananias departed, and entered into the house. Laying his hands on him, he said, "Brother Saul, the Lord, who appeared to you on the road by which you came, has sent me, that you may receive your sight, and be filled with the Holy Spirit."

  • Acts 22:19
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    19 I said, 'Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue those who believed in you.

  • Acts 9:21
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    21 All who heard him were amazed, and said, "Isn't this he who in Jerusalem made havoc of those who called on this name? And he had come here intending to bring them bound before the chief priests!"

  • Acts 22:13-14
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    13 came to me, and standing by me said to me, 'Brother Saul, receive your sight!' In that very hour I looked up at him.

    14 He said, 'The God of our fathers has appointed you to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice from his mouth.

  • Gal 1:13
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    13 For you have heard of my way of living in time past in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the assembly of God, and ravaged it.

  • Gal 1:23
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    23 but they only heard: "He who once persecuted us now preaches the faith that he once tried to destroy."

  • Acts 13:9
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    9 But Saul, who is also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, fastened his eyes on him,

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    41 "What do you want me to do?" He said, "Lord, that I may see again."

  • 1 Cor 15:9
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    9 For I am the least of the apostles, who is not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the assembly of God.

  • Acts 9:27
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    27 But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared to them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how at Damascus he had preached boldly in the name of Jesus.

  • John 9:36-37
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    36 He answered, "Who is he, Lord, that I may believe in him?"

    37 Jesus said to him, "You have both seen him, and it is he who speaks with you."

  • Acts 22:21
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    21 "He said to me, 'Depart, for I will send you out far from here to the Gentiles.'"

  • 1 Tim 1:13
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    13 although I was before a blasphemer, a persecutor, and insolent. However, I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

  • Acts 26:9-10
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    9 "I myself most certainly thought that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

    10 This I also did in Jerusalem. I both shut up many of the saints in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests, and when they were put to death I gave my vote against them.

  • Acts 13:11
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    11 Now, behold, the hand of the Lord is on you, and you will be blind, not seeing the sun for a season!" Immediately a mist and darkness fell on him. He went around seeking someone to lead him by the hand.

  • John 18:6-7
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    6 When therefore he said to them, "I am he," they went backward, and fell to the ground.

    7 Again therefore he asked them, "Who are you looking for?" They said, "Jesus of Nazareth."

  • 2 Sam 1:8
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    8 He said to me, 'Who are you?' I answered him, 'I am an Amalekite.'

  • Luke 9:57
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    57 As they went on the way, a certain man said to him, "I want to follow you wherever you go, Lord."