Acts 26:14
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We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice saying to me in Aramaic,a‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’
Read Acts 26:14 Using Other Translations
And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue,Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
And when we had all fallen to the ground, 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.'
We all fell down, and I heard a voice saying to me in Aramaic, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is useless for you to fight against my will. ’
What does Acts 26:14 mean?
John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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).
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