Acts 9:5

Contemporary English Version 1995

“Who are you?” Saul asked. “I am Jesus,” the Lord answered. “I am the one you are so cruel to.

Cross References

1 Timothy 1:13

I used to say terrible and insulting things about him, and I was cruel. But Christ had mercy on me because I didn't know what I was doing, and I had not yet put my faith in him.

Job 9:4

God is wise and powerful— who could possibly oppose him and win?

Acts 26:9

I once thought that I should do everything I could to oppose Jesus from Nazareth.

Isaiah 45:9

Israel, you have no right to argue with your Creator. You are merely a clay pot shaped by a potter. The clay doesn't ask, “Why did you make me this way? Where are the handles?”

1 Corinthians 10:22

We would make the Lord jealous if we did this. And we are not stronger than the Lord.

Acts 5:39

But if God is behind it, you cannot stop it anyway, unless you want to fight against God. The council members agreed with what he said,

Psalm 2:12

Show respect to his son because if you don't, the Lord might become furious and suddenly destroy you. But he blesses and protects everyone who runs to him.

Deuteronomy 32:15

Israel, you grew fat and rebelled against God, your Creator you rejected the Mighty Rock, your only place of safety.

Acts 9:4

He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying, “Saul! Saul! Why are you so cruel to me?”

Acts 9:6

Now get up and go into the city, where you will be told what to do.”

Acts 10:14

But Peter said, “Lord, I can't do that! I've never eaten anything that is unclean and not fit to eat.”

Acts 26:14

We all fell to the ground. Then I heard a voice say to me in Aramaic, “Saul, Saul, why are you so cruel to me? It's foolish to fight against me!”

Philippians 3:12

I have not yet reached my goal, and I am not perfect. But Christ has taken hold of me. So I keep on running and struggling to take hold of the prize.