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Acts 22:8
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“‘Who are you, lord?’ I asked. “And the voice replied, ‘I am Jesus the Nazarene, the one you are persecuting.’
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Acts 22:8 Meaning and Commentary
Acts 22:8
And I answered, who art thou, Lord
?
&c.] (
See Gill on
Acts 9:5
).
Taken from
John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
Acts 22:8 In-Context
6
“As I was on the road, approaching Damascus about noon, a very bright light from heaven suddenly shone down around me.
7
I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’
8
“‘Who are you, lord?’ I asked. “And the voice replied, ‘I am Jesus the Nazarene, the one you are persecuting.’
9
The people with me saw the light but didn’t understand the voice speaking to me.
10
“I asked, ‘What should I do, Lord?’ “And the Lord told me, ‘Get up and go into Damascus, and there you will be told everything you are to do.’
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[a].
Or Jesus of Nazareth.
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