Verse 14
Acts 26:14
Literal Standard Version
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and we all having fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking to me, and saying in the Hebrew dialect, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me? It is hard for you to kick against goads!
Original Language Text
greek
πάντων ⸀τε καταπεσόντων ἡμῶν εἰς τὴν γῆν ἤκουσα φωνὴν ⸀λέγουσαν πρός ⸀με τῇ Ἑβραΐδι διαλέκτῳ· Σαοὺλ Σαούλ, τί με διώκεις; σκληρόν σοι πρὸς κέντρα λακτίζειν.
English Translation
When we all fell to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language: Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.
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Chapter 26 Context
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And Agrippa said to Paul, “It is permitted to you to speak for yourself”; then Paul having stretched...
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“Concerning all things of which I am accused by Jews, King Agrippa, I have thought myself blessed, b...
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especially knowing you to be acquainted with all things—both customs and questions—among Jews; for t...
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The manner of my life then, indeed, from youth—which from the beginning was among my nation, in Jeru...
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knowing me before from the first (if they may be willing to testify), that after the most exact sect...
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and now for the hope of the promise made to the fathers by God (Elohim), I have stood judged,
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to which our twelve tribes, intently serving night and day, hope to come, concerning which hope I am...
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why is it judged incredible with you if God (Elohim) raises the dead?
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I indeed, therefore, thought with myself that it was necessary for me to do many things against the...
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which I also did in Jerusalem, and I shut up many of the holy ones in prison, having received the au...
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and in every synagogue, often punishing them, I was constraining them to speak evil, being also exce...
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In which things, also, going on to Damascus—with authority and commission from the chief priests—
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at midday, I saw in the way, O king, out of Heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining around...
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and we all having fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking to me, and saying in the Hebrew dial...
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And I said, Who are You, Lord? And He said, I am Yashua (Jesus) whom you persecute;
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but rise, and stand on your feet, for this I appeared to you, to appoint you an officer and a witnes...
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delivering you from the people, and the nations, to whom I now send you,
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to open their eyes, to turn them from darkness to light, and from the authority of Satan to God (Elo...
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After which, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,
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but to those in Damascus first, and to those in Jerusalem, also to all the region of Judea, and to t...
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because of these things the Jews—having caught me in the temple—were endeavoring to kill me.
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Having obtained, therefore, help from God (Elohim), until this day, I have stood witnessing both to...
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that the Christ is to suffer, whether first by a resurrection from the dead, He is about to proclaim...
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And he thus making a defense, Festus said with a loud voice, “You are mad, Paul; much learning turns...
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And he says, “I am not mad, most noble Festus, but of truth and soberness I speak forth the sayings;
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for the king knows concerning these things, before whom I also speak boldly, for none of these thing...
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do you believe, King Agrippa, the prophets? I have known that you believe!”
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And Agrippa said to Paul, “In so little you persuade me to become a Christian?”
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And Paul said, “I would have wished to God (Elohim), both in a little, and in much, not only you, bu...
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And he having spoken these things, the king rose up, and the governor, Bernice also, and those sitti...
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and having withdrawn, they were speaking to one another, saying, “This man does nothing worthy of de...
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and Agrippa said to Festus, “This man might have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
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