Acts 9:5 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁵ Saul replied, “Who are you, sir?” And the voice said, “It is I, Jesus, whom you are persecuting,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ And Saul said, Who are You, Lord? And He said, I am Jesus, Whom you are persecuting. It is dangerous and it will turn out badly for you to keep kicking against the goad [to offer vain and perilous resistance].

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest:

Common English Bible

⁵ Saul asked, “Who are you, Lord?” “I am Jesus, whom you are harassing,” came the reply.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ And he said, "Who are you, Lord?" And he: "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. It is hard for you to kick against the goad."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ Who said: Who art thou, Lord? And he: I am Jesus whom thou persecutest. It is hard for thee to kick against the goad.

Acts 9:5 Cross References

Acts 10:14

But Peter answered, “No, Lord, I cannot. I have never eaten any such ordinary or [ceremonially] unfit creatures.”

Acts 26:14

When we all fell to the ground I heard a voice speaking in the Hebrew [i.e., Aramaic] language. [It said], ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? You are only hurting yourself by kicking against the spurs [i.e., opposing the work of God].’

Acts 26:9

I truly thought within myself [that it was right] to do many things which were opposed to the name of Jesus from Nazareth.

Acts 5:39

but if [it happens to be] of God, you will not be able to defeat them. And [if you try to], you may [actually] be fighting against [the work of] God.”

Acts 9:4

He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?”

Acts 9:6

but get up, and enter the city [of Damascus] and [there] you will be told what you must do.”

1 Corinthians 10:22

Or, are we [trying to] make the Lord jealous [by doing this]? [Do we think] we are stronger that He is?

Philippians 3:12

[It is] not that I have already arrived at the goal [of spiritual maturity], or have already been made perfectly [righteous], but I am pushing onward in order to take hold of what Christ Jesus took hold of me for [i.e., to receive all that Christ intended for me].

1 Timothy 1:13

[even] though I had previously spoken against Christ, and persecuted [Christians] and acted outrageously. However, I obtained mercy because I acted out of ignorance, not believing [in Christ].