Acts 9:4

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

and having fallen upon the earth, he heard a voice saying to him, `Saul, Saul, why me dost thou persecute?'

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  • Zech 2:8 : 8 For thus said Jehovah of Hosts: After honour He hath sent me unto the nations who are spoiling you, For he who is coming against you, Is coming against the daughter of His eye.
  • Acts 26:14-15 : 14 and we all having fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew dialect, Saul, Saul, why me dost thou persecute? hard for thee against pricks to kick! 15 `And I said, Who art thou, Lord? and he said, I am Jesus whom thou dost persecute;
  • Isa 63:9 : 9 In all their distress `He is' no adversary, And the messenger of His presence saved them, In His love and in His pity He redeemed them, And He doth lift them up, And beareth them all the days of old.
  • Rom 11:22 : 22 Lo, then, goodness and severity of God -- upon those indeed who fell, severity; and upon thee, goodness, if thou mayest remain in the goodness, otherwise, thou also shalt be cut off.
  • 1 Cor 4:7 : 7 for who doth make thee to differ? and what hast thou, that thou didst not receive? and if thou didst also receive, why dost thou glory as not having received?
  • 1 Cor 12:12 : 12 For, even as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of the one body, being many, are one body, so also `is' the Christ,
  • Eph 5:30 : 30 because members we are of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones;
  • Gen 3:9 : 9 And Jehovah God calleth unto the man, and saith to him, `Where `art' thou?'
  • Gen 16:8 : 8 and he saith, `Hagar, Sarai's handmaid, whence hast thou come, and whither dost thou go?' and she saith, `From the presence of Sarai, my mistress, I am fleeing.'
  • Gen 22:11 : 11 And the messenger of Jehovah calleth unto him from the heavens, and saith, `Abraham, Abraham;' and he saith, `Here `am' I;'
  • Exod 3:4 : 4 and Jehovah seeth that he hath turned aside to see, and God calleth unto him out of the midst of the bush, and saith, `Moses, Moses;' and he saith, `Here `am' I.'
  • Num 16:45 : 45 `Get you up from the midst of this company, and I consume them in a moment;' and they fall on their faces,
  • Matt 25:40 : 40 `And the king answering, shall say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did `it' to one of these my brethren -- the least -- to me ye did `it'.
  • Matt 25:45-46 : 45 `Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did `it' not to one of these, the least, ye did `it' not to me. 46 And these shall go away to punishment age-during, but the righteous to life age-during.'
  • Luke 10:41 : 41 And Jesus answering said to her, `Martha, Martha, thou art anxious and disquieted about many things,
  • John 18:6 : 6 when, therefore, he said to them -- `I am `he',' they went away backward, and fell to the ground.
  • John 20:16 : 16 Jesus saith to her, `Mary!' having turned, she saith to him, `Rabbouni;' that is to say, `Teacher.'
  • John 21:15 : 15 When, therefore, they dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, `Simon, `son' of Jonas, dost thou love me more than these?' he saith to him, `Yes, Lord; thou hast known that I dearly love thee;' he saith to him, `Feed my lambs.'
  • Acts 5:10 : 10 and she fell down presently at his feet, and expired, and the young men having come in, found her dead, and having carried forth, they buried `her' by her husband;
  • Acts 22:7-8 : 7 I fell also to the ground, and I heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why me dost thou persecute? 8 `And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? and he said unto me, I am Jesus the Nazarene whom thou dost persecute --

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    6and it came to pass, in my going on and coming nigh to Damascus, about noon, suddenly out of the heaven there shone a great light round about me,

    7I fell also to the ground, and I heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why me dost thou persecute?

    8`And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? and he said unto me, I am Jesus the Nazarene whom thou dost persecute --

    9and they who are with me the light did see, and became afraid, and the voice they heard not of him who is speaking to me --

    10and I said, What shall I do, Lord? and the Lord said unto me, Having risen, go on to Damascus, and there it shall be told thee concerning all things that have been appointed for thee to do.

    11`And when I did not see from the glory of that light, being led by the hand by those who are with me, I came to Damascus,

  • Acts 26:12-17
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    12`In which things, also, going on to Damascus -- with authority and commission from the chief priests --

    13at mid-day, I saw in the way, O king, out of heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me a light -- and those going on with me;

    14and we all having fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew dialect, Saul, Saul, why me dost thou persecute? hard for thee against pricks to kick!

    15`And I said, Who art thou, Lord? and he said, I am Jesus whom thou dost persecute;

    16but rise, and stand upon thy feet, for for this I appeared to thee, to appoint thee an officer and a witness both of the things thou didst see, and of the things `in which' I will appear to thee,

    17delivering thee from the people, and the nations, to whom now I send thee,

  • Acts 9:5-18
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    5And he said, `Who art thou, Lord?' and the Lord said, `I am Jesus whom thou dost persecute; hard for thee at the pricks to kick;'

    6trembling also, and astonished, he said, `Lord, what dost thou wish me to do?' and the Lord `said' unto him, `Arise, and enter into the city, and it shall be told thee what it behoveth thee to do.'

    7And the men who are journeying with him stood speechless, hearing indeed the voice but seeing no one,

    8and Saul arose from the earth, and his eyes having been opened, he beheld no one, and leading him by the hand they brought him to Damascus,

    9and he was three days without seeing, and he did neither eat nor drink.

    10And there was a certain disciple in Damascus, by name Ananias, and the Lord said unto him in a vision, `Ananias;' and he said, `Behold me, Lord;'

    11and the Lord `saith' unto him, `Having risen, go on unto the street that is called Straight, and seek in the house of Judas, `one' by name Saul of Tarsus, for, lo, he doth pray,

    12and he saw in a vision a man, by name Ananias, coming in, and putting a hand on him, that he may see again.'

    13And Ananias answered, `Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how many evils he did to Thy saints in Jerusalem,

    14and here he hath authority from the chief priests, to bind all those calling on Thy name.'

    15And the Lord said unto him, `Be going on, because a choice vessel to Me is this one, to bear My name before nations and kings -- the sons also of Israel;

    16for I will shew him how many things it behoveth him for My name to suffer.'

    17And Ananias went away, and did enter into the house, and having put upon him `his' hands, said, `Saul, brother, the Lord hath sent me -- Jesus who did appear to thee in the way in which thou wast coming -- that thou mayest see again, and mayest be filled with the Holy Spirit.'

    18And immediately there fell from his eyes as it were scales, he saw again also presently, and having risen, was baptized,

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    1And Saul, yet breathing of threatening and slaughter to the disciples of the Lord, having gone to the chief priest,

    2did ask from him letters to Damascus, unto the synagogues, that if he may find any being of the way, both men and women, he may bring them bound to Jerusalem.

    3And in the going, he came nigh to Damascus, and suddenly there shone round about him a light from the heaven,

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    13having come unto me and stood by `me', said to me, Saul, brother, look up; and I the same hour did look up to him;

    14and he said, The God of our fathers did choose thee beforehand to know His will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice out of his mouth,

  • Acts 9:20-21
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    20and immediately in the synagogues he was preaching the Christ, that he is the Son of God.

    21And all those hearing were amazed, and said, `Is not this he who laid waist in Jerusalem those calling on this name, and hither to this intent had come, that he might bring them bound to the chief priests?'

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    13for ye did hear of my behaviour once in Judaism, that exceedingly I was persecuting the assembly of God, and wasting it,

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    9And Saul -- who also `is' Paul -- having been filled with the Holy Spirit, and having looked stedfastly on him,

  • Acts 9:26-27
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    26And Saul, having come to Jerusalem, did try to join himself to the disciples, and they were all afraid of him, not believing that he is a disciple,

    27and Barnabas having taken him, brought `him' unto the apostles, and did declare to them how in the way he saw the Lord, and that he spake to him, and how in Damascus he was speaking boldly in the name of Jesus.

  • Gal 1:23
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    23and only they were hearing, that `he who is persecuting us then, doth now proclaim good news -- the faith that then he was wasting;'

  • Acts 22:19
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    19and I said, Lord, they -- they know that I was imprisoning and was scourging in every synagogue those believing on thee;

  • Acts 22:4
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    4`And this way I persecuted unto death, binding and delivering up to prisons both men and women,

  • John 18:6
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    6when, therefore, he said to them -- `I am `he',' they went away backward, and fell to the ground.

  • Acts 22:17
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    17`And it came to pass when I returned to Jerusalem, and while I was praying in the temple, I came into a trance,

  • Acts 22:21
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    21and he said unto me, Go, because to nations far off I will send thee.'

  • 1 Cor 15:9
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    9for I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I did persecute the assembly of God,

  • Acts 26:10
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    10which also I did in Jerusalem, and many of the saints I in prison did shut up, from the chief priests having received the authority; they also being put to death, I gave my vote against them,

  • Luke 18:41
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    41saying, `What wilt thou I shall do to thee?' and he said, `Sir, that I may receive sight.'

  • Acts 8:3
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    3and Saul was making havoc of the assembly, into every house entering, and haling men and women, was giving them up to prison;

  • Acts 8:1
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    1And Saul was assenting to his death, and there came in that day a great persecution upon the assembly in Jerusalem, all also were scattered abroad in the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles;

  • Acts 16:29
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    29And, having asked for a light, he sprang in, and trembling he fell down before Paul and Silas,

  • Acts 13:11
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    11and now, lo, a hand of the Lord `is' upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season;' and presently there fell upon him a mist and darkness, and he, going about, was seeking some to lead `him' by the hand;