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Acts 9:4
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Falling to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?”
And he fel to the earth, and heard a voice saying vnto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
And falling to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?"
and he fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?"
Saul fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul! Why are you persecuting me?"
and he fell to the ground and heard a voice [from heaven] saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting and oppressing Me?"
and he fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?"
and falling to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?"
He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?"
He fell to the ground and heard a voice that said, "Saul! Saul! Why are you so cruel to me?"
Falling to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, "Sha'ul! Sha'ul! Why do you keep persecuting me?"
and falling on the earth he heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why dost thou persecute me?
He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul! Why are you persecuting me?"
And he fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? You make it hard for yourself by kicking against the pricks.
He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul! Why do you persecute me?"
And falling to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?"
And falling on the earth he heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul! Why do you persecute Me?
and he fell upon the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
And he went down on the earth, and a voice said to him, Saul, Saul, why are you attacking me so cruelly?
He fell on the eretz, and heard a voice saying to him, "Sha'ul, Sha'ul, why do you persecute me?"
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and he fell upon the earth, and heard a voice which said to him, Shaol, Shaol, why persecutest thou me ? It is hard to thee to kick against the pricks.
And he fell to the ground; and he heard a voice which said to him: Saul! Saul! why persecutest thou me? It will be hard for thee to kick against the goads.
And he fell to the earth, and hearde a voyce saying to him: Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
and he fell upon the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
He fell on the earth, and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?"
And falling to the earth, he heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
and falling to the ground he heard a voice which said to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?"
and he fallide to the erthe, and herde a vois seiynge to hym, Saul, Saul, what pursuest thou me?
and he fell on the earth, and heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?
And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?"
Then he fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?"
He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul! Saul! Why are you persecuting me?"
He fell to the ground. Then he heard a voice say, "Saul, Saul, why are you working so hard against Me?"
He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?"
And, falling unto the earth, he heard a voice saying unto him - Saul! Saul! why, me, art thou persecuting?
And falling on the ground, he heard a voice saying to him: Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
And he fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?"
And he fell to ye erth and hearde a voyce sayinge to him: Saul Saul why persecutest thou me?
and having fallen upon the earth, he heard a voice saying to him, `Saul, Saul, why me dost thou persecute?'
and he fell to the earth, and herde a voyce, which sayde vnto him: Saul Saul why persecutest thou me?
and he fell to the ground, and heard a voice which said to him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
He hit the ground hard and heard a voice saying, "Saul! Saul! Why are you hell-bent on trying to destroy me?"
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
he fell: Acts 5:10, Numbers 16:45, John 18:6, Romans 11:22, 1 Corinthians 4:7
Saul: Genesis 3:9, Genesis 16:8, Genesis 22:11, Exodus 3:4, Luke 10:41, John 20:16, John 21:15
why: Acts 22:7, Acts 22:8, Acts 26:14, Acts 26:15, Isaiah 63:9, Zechariah 2:8, Matthew 25:40, Matthew 25:45, Matthew 25:46, 1 Corinthians 12:12, Ephesians 5:30
Reciprocal: Genesis 46:2 - Jacob Exodus 15:7 - them that Exodus 23:22 - an enemy Deuteronomy 23:4 - Because they met 1 Samuel 2:23 - Why 1 Samuel 3:4 - called Samuel 1 Samuel 17:36 - seeing 2 Samuel 3:8 - do show 1 Kings 13:4 - his hand 2 Chronicles 13:12 - fight ye 2 Chronicles 14:11 - man Job 33:13 - strive Psalms 2:2 - Lord Psalms 40:14 - driven Isaiah 37:29 - rage Isaiah 57:4 - Against Jeremiah 2:3 - all that Jeremiah 51:1 - rise Ezekiel 1:28 - I fell Joel 3:4 - and what Mark 9:42 - it Luke 21:12 - before Luke 22:31 - Simon John 5:16 - persecute Acts 7:32 - Then Acts 9:10 - Ananias Acts 9:17 - the Lord Acts 10:3 - Cornelius Acts 23:9 - if 1 Corinthians 8:12 - ye sin against 2 Corinthians 1:5 - as 2 Corinthians 10:5 - and every Revelation 11:5 - fire Revelation 11:8 - our Lord Revelation 17:14 - shall make
Cross-References
And with euery liuing creature that is with you, with the foule, with the cattell, and with euery beast of the earth with you, from all that goe out of the Arke, vnto euery beast of the earth.
And when I shall couer the earth with a cloud, and the bowe shall be seene in the cloude,
This shalbe a perpetual ordinance for your generations, throughout al your dwellings, so that ye shall eate neither fatte nor blood.
Neither shall ye eate any blood, either of foule, or of beast in all your dwellings.
Ye shal not eat the flesh with the blood, ye shall not vse witchcraft, nor obserue times.
Onely ye shal not eat the blood, but powre it vpon the earth as water.
Onely bee sure that thou eate not the blood: for the blood is the life, and thou maiest not eate the life with the flesh.
Ye shall eate of nothing that dieth alone, but thou shalt giue it vnto the stranger that is within thy gates, yt he may eate it: or thou maiest sell it vnto a stranger: for thou art an holy people vnto the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mothers milke.
Onely thou shalt not eate the blood thereof, but powre it vpon the ground as water.
But that we send vnto them, that they absteine themselues from filthinesse of idoles, and fornication, and that that is strangled, and from blood.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And he fell to the earth,.... Not being able to bear the light, and still less the divine glory and majesty which he perceived was present; and therefore, in great confusion, amazement, and fear, he fell with his face to the ground, and lay there prostrate and so did also those that were with him, Acts 26:14
and heard a voice, saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? this voice was the real voice of Christ in his human nature, and who visibly and in person appeared, and was seen by the apostle;
Acts 26:16 the language he spoke in was the Hebrew tongue, and he calls him by his Hebrew name Saul, and which is doubled to denote vehemency and affection; Acts 26:16- : he knew him as one of his sheep, though straying, and calls him by name, and expostulates with him, wherefore he should persecute him in his members as he did; for the union between Christ and his people is so close, that what is done to them is done to him. There seems to be a considerable emphasis on the word "me"; "me", who have been they surety from everlasting; "me", who hath loved thee and given myself for thee; "me", who have shed my blood, laid down my life, and died for thee; "me", who am now at my Father's right hand, interceding for thee, that grace might be bestowed upon thee, the set time being now come.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
And he fell to the earth - He was astonished and overcome by the sudden flash of light. There is a remarkable similarity between what occurred here, and what is recorded of Daniel in regard to the visions which he saw, Daniel 8:17. Also Daniel 10:8, “Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision; and there remained no strength in me, for my comeliness (vigor) was turned into corruption, and I retained no strength.” The effect was such as to overpower the body.
And heard a voice - The whole company heard a voice Acts 9:7, but did not distinguish it as addressed particularly to Saul. He heard it speaking to himself.
Saying unto him ... - This shows that it was not thunder, as many have supposed. It was a distinct articulation or utterance, addressing him by name.
Saul, Saul - A mode of address that is emphatic. The repetition of the name would fix his attention. Thus, Jesus addresses Martha Luke 10:41, and Simon Luke 22:31, and Jerusalem Matthew 23:37.
Why - For what reason. Jesus had done him no injury; had given him no provocation. All the opposition of sinners to the Lord Jesus and his church is without cause. See the notes on John 15:25, “They hated me without a cause.”
Persecutest - See the notes on Matthew 5:11.
Thou me? - Christ and his people are one, John 15:1-6. To persecute them, therefore, was to persecute him, Matthew 25:40, Matthew 25:45.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Acts 9:4. And he fell to the earth — Being struck down with the lightning: many persons suppose he was on horseback, and painters thus represent him; but this is utterly without foundation. Painters are, in almost every case, wretched commentators.
