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Acts 22:8

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Jesus Christ

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

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

‘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.

10 Then I asked, ‘What should I do, Lord?’ ‘Get up and go into Damascus,’ He told me. ‘There you will be told all that you have been appointed to do.’

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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
‘Who are You, Lord?’ I asked. ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting,’ He replied.
KJV
And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.
WEB
I answered, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ He said to me, ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you persecute.’
ASV
And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.
DARBY
And *I* answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said to me, *I* am Jesus the Nazaraean, whom *thou* persecutest.
BLB
And I answered, ‘Who are You, Lord?’ And He said to me, ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting.’
ÅB
Jeg svarte: Hvem er du, Herre? Og han sa til meg: Jeg er Jesus fra Nasaret, han som du forfølger.
OTB
Jeg spurte: ‘Hvem er du, Herre?’ Svaret kom: ‘Jeg er Jesus fra Nasaret, som du forfølger.’
B1930
Jeg svarte: Hvem er du, Herre? Og han sa til mig: Jeg er Jesus fra Nasaret, han som du forfølger.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Acts 26:9

    So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

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  • 1 Samuel 8:7

    And the LORD said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. For it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected Me as their king.

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  • Matthew 10:40–42

    He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives the One who sent Me.

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  • Acts 6:14

    For we have heard him say that Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us.”

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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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  • Acts 26:14–15

    We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice say to me in Hebrew, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’

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  • Exodus 16:7–8

    and in the morning you will see the LORD’s glory, because He has heard your grumbling against Him. For who are we that you should grumble against us?”

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  • Acts 4:10

    then let this be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed.

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