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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.

Σαούλ
saoul
noun · 9×
γῆ
ge
noun · 251×
διάλεκτος
dialektos
noun · 6×
διώκω
dioko
verb · 44×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
κέντρον
kentron
noun · 4×
καταπίπτω
katapipto
verb · 3×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
λακτίζω
laktizo
verb · 1×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
σκληρός
skleros
adjective · 5×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
τέ
te
particle · 214×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
φωνή
phone
noun · 139×
ἀκούω
akouo
verb · 427×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
Ἑβραΐς
ebrais
noun · 3×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: τε | WH/Treg/NIV: τε | RP: δὲ
  • τεSBLGNT
  • τεWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • δὲRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: λέγουσαν | WH/Treg/NIV: λέγουσαν | RP: λαλοῦσαν
  • λέγουσανSBLGNT
  • λέγουσανWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • λαλοῦσανRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: με | WH/Treg/NIV: με | RP: + καὶ λέγουσαν
  • μεSBLGNT
  • μεWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + καὶ λέγουσανRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Theophany

Historic Christian voices

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.