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Acts 26:15

Jesus
Jesus Christ

13 About noon, O king, as I was on the road, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and my companions.

14 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.’

‘Who are You, Lord?’ I asked. ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,’ the Lord replied.

16 ‘But get up and stand on your feet. For I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen from Me and what I will show you.

17 I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them

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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, whom you are persecuting,’ the Lord replied.
KJV
And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.
WEB
“I said, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ “He said, ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
ASV
And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.
DARBY
And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, *I* am Jesus whom *thou* persecutest:
BLB
Then I said, ‘Who are You, Lord?’ And the Lord said, ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
ÅB
Jeg sa da: Hvem er du, Herre? Og Herren sa: Jeg er Jesus, han som du forfølger.
OTB
Jeg spurte: ‘Hvem er du, Herre?’ Og Herren svarte: ‘Jeg er Jesus, som du forfølger.
B1930
Jeg sa da: Hvem er du, Herre? Og Herren sa: Jeg er Jesus, han som du forfølger.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • John 15:20–21

    Remember the word that I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they kept My word, they will keep yours as well.

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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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  • Matthew 25:40

    And the King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.’

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  • Exodus 16:8

    And Moses added, “The LORD will give you meat to eat this evening and bread to fill you in the morning, for He has heard your grumbling against Him. Who are we? Your grumblings are not against us but against the LORD.”

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