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Acts 22:7

And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

KJV

ἔπεσά τε εἰς τὸ ἔδαφος καὶ ἤκουσα φωνῆς λεγούσης μοι, Σαοὺλ Σαούλ, τί με διώκεις;

Greek NT

et decidens in terram, audivi vocem dicentem mihi : Saule, Saule, quid me persequeris ?

Vulgate

And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

ASV

And falling on the ground, I heard a voice saying to me: Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Σαούλ
saoul
noun · 9×
διώκω
dioko
verb · 44×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
πίπτω
pipto
verb · 89×
τέ
te
particle · 214×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
φωνή
phone
noun · 139×
ἀκούω
akouo
verb · 427×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἔδαφος
edaphos
noun · 1×
o
article · 19778×

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Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Tim 1:13 — Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
  • Acts 9:4 — And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
  • Acts 23:9 — And there arose a great cry: and the scribes that were of the Pharisees’ part arose, and strove, saying, We find no evil in this man: but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let us not fight a
  • Acts 26:14 — And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
  • Jer 2:9 — Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children’s children will I plead.
  • Matt 25:45 — Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
  • Rom 1:1 — Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,