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Acts 9:5

And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

KJV

εἶπεν δέ· τίς εἶ, κύριε; ὁ δέ· ἐγώ εἰμι Ἰησοῦς ὃν σὺ διώκεις·

Greek NT

Qui dixit : Quis es, domine ? Et ille : Ego sum Jesus, quem tu persequeris : durum est tibi contra stimulum calcitrare.

Vulgate

And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest:

ASV

Who said: Who art thou, Lord? And he: I am Jesus whom thou persecutest. It is hard for thee to kick against the goad.

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In the original Greek

11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
διώκω
dioko
verb · 44×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
κύριος
kurios
noun · 717×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: δέ | WH/Treg/NIV: δέ | RP: + κύριος εἶπεν
  • δέ — SBLGNT
  • δέ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + κύριος εἶπεν — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

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Historic Christian voices

6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§598In her Magisterial teaching of the faith and in the witness of her saints, the Church has never forgotten that "sinners were the authors and the ministers of all the sufferings that the divine Redeemer endured."389 Taking into account the fact that our sins affect Christ himself,390 The Church does not hesitate to impute to Christians the gravest responsibility for the torments…
§639The mystery of Christ's resurrection is a real event, with manifestations that were historically verified, as the New Testament bears witness. In about A.D. 56 St. Paul could already write to the Corinthians: "I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures, and that he was buried, that he was raise…
Of the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth years of his age, passed at Carthage, when, having completed his course of studies, he is caught in the snares of a licentious passion, and falls into the errors of the Manichæans. Chapter 1. Deluded by an Insane Love, He, Though Foul and Dishonourable, Desires to Be Thought Elegant and Urbane. 1. To Carthage I came, where a cauldr…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 15:55 — O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
  • 1Sam 3:4 — That the LORD called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I.
  • 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 5:39 — But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
  • Acts 10:4 — And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.
  • Acts 26:9 — I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
  • Dan 4:35 — And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto h
  • Ezra 6:12 — And the God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy all kings and people, that shall put to their hand to alter and to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a de
  • Gen 31:29 — It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
  • Gen 45:3 — And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence.
  • Isa 45:9 — Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?
  • Job 9:4 — He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?
  • Job 40:9 — Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
  • Matt 18:6 — But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
  • Matt 21:10 — And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this?
  • 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.