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.
KJV
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.
Greek NT
Omnesque nos cum decidissemus in terram, audivi vocem loquentem mihi hebraica lingua : Saule, Saule, quid me persequeris ? durum est tibi contra stimulum calcitrare.
Vulgate
And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying unto me in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the goad.
ASV
And when we were all fallen down on the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me in the Hebrew tongue: Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? It is hard for thee to kick against the good.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
21 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- τε — SBLGNT
- τε — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- δὲ — Robinson-Pierpont
- λέγουσαν — SBLGNT
- λέγουσαν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- λαλοῦσαν — Robinson-Pierpont
- με — SBLGNT
- με — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + καὶ λέγουσαν — Robinson-Pierpont
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1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Acts 9:4 — And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
- Acts 9:7 — And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man.
- Acts 21:40 — And when he had given him licence, Paul stood on the stairs, and beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying,
- Acts 21:40 — And when he had given him licence, Paul stood on the stairs, and beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying,
- Acts 22:2 — (And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)
- Acts 22:7 — And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
- Matt 17:6 — And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid.