Acts 9:4

Translations

Modern

He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?”

Traditional

And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

Literal

And having fallen on the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?”

Latin

Et cadens in terram audivit vocem dicentem sibi: Saule, Saule, quid me persequeris?

Interlinear

Greek

English

He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?”

Notes

Acts 9:1–19

The conversion of Saul of Tarsus on the Damascus road is central to the story in Acts. Luke tells the story three times (also 22:1–21; 26:1–29). Paul (Saul) mentions this experience several times in his letters (1 Corinthians 15:8–10; Galatians 1:11–17; Philippians 3:4–11; see 1 Timothy 1:12–17). Saul’s conversion was his call as a prophet and commission as an apostle (Acts 9:15; 22:15, 21; 26:15–18). No one is beyond God's power to reach, save, and use for holy purposes. Nothing is impossible with God (Luke 1:37). God prepared Paul through his training, childhood, and experience to play a unique role in proclaiming the gospel to the wider world as the “apostle to the Gentiles” (Romans 11:13; see 1 Corinthians 15:9; 2 Corinthians 12:11–12; Galatians 1:1; Ephesians 3:8).

Theme notes and profiles

Paul (Saul) Simon Peter Encounters with Jesus Persecution Visions

Events

Saul is convertedc. AD 32

Related verses

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Genesis 22:11
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Romans 11:22
Take notice, therefore, of the kindness and severity of God: severity to those who fell, but kindness to you, if you continue in His kindness. Otherwise you also will be cut off.
Isaiah 63:9
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John 21:15
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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.’
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.’
Genesis 3:9
But the LORD God called out to the man, “Where are you?”
Genesis 16:8
“Hagar, servant of Sarai,” he said, “where have you come from, and where are you going?” “I am running away from my mistress Sarai,” she replied.
Acts 22:7–8
I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?’
Ephesians 5:30
For we are members of His body.

Parallels

Acts 22:1–21 Acts 26:1–23

People

Paul: Apostle to the Gentiles, author of many NT epistles

Glossary

Apostle, Apostleship Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Blindness Book of the Acts of the Apostles Chronology of the Bible (New Testament) Church Damascus Judaizers Paul the Apostle Peter, the Apostle Resurrection Shekinah

Topics

Bigotry of Saul, in Persecuting the Christians Call: To Special Religious Duty: Paul Converts: Saul of Tarsus Heart: Change of Saul of Tarsus Jesus, the Christ: Appears to Paul (On the Road to Damascus) Jesus, the Christ: Love of Miracles of the Disciples of Jesus: Paul Cured of Blindness Paul: His Vision and Conversion Persecution of Saints, is a Persecution of Christ Persecution of the Ekklesia (Body of Christ) Regeneration: Saul of Tarsus Syria: Paul Goes To, with Letters to Apprehend the Christians Union with Christ: Saints: Identified with Christ By Vision of Paul of Christ, on the Way to Damascus Voice of God

Acts 9:4

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