Verse 7
Acts 22:7
Young's Literal Translation
7
I fell also to the ground, and I heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why me dost thou persecute?
Original Language Text
greek
ἔπεσά τε εἰς τὸ ἔδαφος καὶ ἤκουσα φωνῆς λεγούσης μοι· Σαοὺλ Σαούλ, τί με διώκεις;
English Translation
And I fell to the ground and I heard a voice saying to me, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?"
AI translation from greek via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 22 Context
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'Men, brethren, and fathers, hear my defence now unto you;' --
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and they having heard that in the Hebrew dialect he was speaking to them, gave the more silence, and...
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'I, indeed, am a man, a Jew, having been born in Tarsus of Cilicia, and brought up in this city at t...
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'And this way I persecuted unto death, binding and delivering up to prisons both men and women,
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as also the chief priest doth testify to me, and all the eldership; from whom also having received l...
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and it came to pass, in my going on and coming nigh to Damascus, about noon, suddenly out of the hea...
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I fell also to the ground, and I heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why me dost thou persecute?
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'And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? and he said unto me, I am Yashua (Jesus) the Nazarene whom thou...
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and they who are with me the light did see, and became afraid, and the voice they heard not of him w...
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and I said, What shall I do, Lord? and the Lord said unto me, Having risen, go on to Damascus, and t...
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'And when I did not see from the glory of that light, being led by the hand by those who are with me...
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and a certain one, Ananias, a pious man according to the law, being testified to by all the Jews dwe...
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having come unto me and stood by [me], said to me, Saul, brother, look up; and I the same hour did l...
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and he said, The God (Elohim) of our fathers did choose thee beforehand to know His will, and to see...
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because thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard;
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and now, why tarriest thou? having risen, baptize thyself, and wash away thy sins, calling upon the...
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'And it came to pass when I returned to Jerusalem, and while I was praying in the temple, I came int...
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and I saw him saying to me, Haste and go forth in haste out of Jerusalem, because they will not rece...
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and I said, Lord, they -- they know that I was imprisoning and was scourging in every synagogue thos...
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and when the blood of thy witness Stephen was being poured forth, I also was standing by and assenti...
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and he said unto me, Go, because to nations far off I will send thee.'
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And they were hearing him unto this word, and they lifted up their voice, saying, 'Away from the ear...
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And they crying out and casting up their garments, and throwing dust into the air,
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the chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, saying, 'By scourges let him be exami...
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And as he was stretching him with the thongs, Paul said unto the centurion who was standing by, 'A m...
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and the centurion having heard, having gone near to the chief captain, told, saying, 'Take heed what...
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and the chief captain having come near, said to him, 'Tell me, art thou a Roman?' and he said, 'Yes;...
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and the chief captain answered, 'I, with a great sum, did obtain this citizenship;' but Paul said, '...
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Immediately, therefore, they departed from him who are about to examine him, and the chief captain a...
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and on the morrow, intending to know the certainty wherefore he is accused by the Jews, he did loose...
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