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Acts 26:14

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14 "And when we had 1all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the 2Hebrew dialect, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.'
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Acts 26:14 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 26:14

And when we were all fallen to the earth
Saul, and the men that were with him, for fear of the divine Majesty, who by this extraordinary light was thought to be present: the other narratives only relate Saul's falling to the earth; how this is to be reconciled to their standing speechless, in ( Acts 9:7 ) , (See Gill on Acts 9:7).

I heard a voice speaking unto me (See Gill on Acts 10:4). (See Gill on Acts 10:5).

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Acts 26:14 In-Context

12 "While so engaged as I was journeying to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests,
13 at midday , O King, I saw on the way a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining all around me and those who were journeying with me.
14 "And when we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew dialect, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.'
15 "And I said, 'Who are You, Lord ?' And the Lord said, 'I am Jesus whom you are persecuting.
16 'But get up and stand on your feet; for this purpose I have appeared to you, to appoint you a minister and a witness not only to the things which you have seen, but also to the things in which I will appear to you;

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Footnotes 2

  • [a]. I.e. Jewish Aramaic
  • [b]. An idiom referring to an animal's futile resistance to being prodded with goads
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