Acts 26:14

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.'

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;

Cross References 2

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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