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Acts 22:7

Paul
Jesus Christ

5 as the high priest and the whole Council can testify about me. I even obtained letters from them to their brothers in Damascus, and I was on my way to apprehend these people and bring them to Jerusalem to be punished.

6 About noon as I was approaching Damascus, suddenly a bright light from heaven flashed around me.

I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?’

8 ‘Who are You, Lord?’ I asked. ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting,’ He replied.

9 My companions saw the light, but they could not understand the voice of the One speaking to me.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?’
KJV
And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
WEB
I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’
ASV
And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
DARBY
And I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
BLB
and I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?’
ÅB
og jeg falt til jorden og hørte en røst som sa til meg: Saul! Saul! hvorfor forfølger du meg?
OTB
da falt jeg til jorden og hørte en stemme som sa: ‘Saul, Saul, hvorfor forfølger du meg?’
B1930
og jeg falt til jorden og hørte en røst som sa til mig: Saul! Saul! hvorfor forfølger du mig?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 2:9

    Therefore, I will contend with you again, declares the LORD, and I will bring a case against your children’s children.

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  • Matthew 25:45

    Then the King will answer, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for Me.’

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  • 1 Timothy 1:13

    I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.

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  • Genesis 22:1

    Some time later God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he answered.

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  • 1 Samuel 3:10

    Then the LORD came and stood there, calling as before, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel answered, “Speak, for Your servant is listening.”

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  • Exodus 3:4

    When the LORD saw that he had gone over to look, God called out to him from within the bush, “Moses, Moses!” “Here I am,” he answered.

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  • Isaiah 43:22–26

    But you have not called on Me, O Jacob, because you have grown weary of Me, O Israel.

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  • Jeremiah 2:5

    This is what the LORD says: “What fault did your fathers find in Me that they strayed so far from Me, and followed worthless idols, and became worthless themselves?

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