Why? Because hurting you\par is like hurting the pupil of God’s eye.\par
Acts 22:8 - Easy To Read Version I asked, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ The voice said, ‘I am Jesus from Nazareth. I am the One you are persecuting.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And I replied, Who are You, Lord? And He said to me, I am Jesus the Nazarene, Whom you are persecuting. American Standard Version (1901) And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest. Common English Bible I answered, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ ‘I am Jesus the Nazarene, whom you are harassing,’ he replied. Catholic Public Domain Version And I responded, 'Who are you, Lord?' And he said to me, 'I am Jesus the Nazarene, whom you are persecuting.' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And I answered: Who art thou, Lord? And he said to me: I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest. |
Why? Because hurting you\par is like hurting the pupil of God’s eye.\par
Joseph went to a town called Nazareth and lived there. And so the thing happened that God said through the prophets. {\cf2\super [32]} God said that \{the Christ\} would be called a Nazarene. {\cf2\super [33]}
“Then the king will answer, ‘I tell you the truth. Anything you did for any of my people here, {\cf2\super [389]} you also did for me.’
“Then the king will answer, ‘I tell you the truth. Anything you refused to do for any of my people here, {\cf2\super [390]} you refused to do for me.’
But Peter said, “I would never do that, Lord! I have never eaten food that is unholy or not pure.”
I fell to the ground. I heard a voice saying to me: ‘Saul, Saul, why are you doing these bad things to me?’
“\{When I was a Pharisee {\cf2\super [489]} \}, even I thought I should do many things against the name of Jesus from Nazareth.
But Peter said, “I don’t have any silver or gold, but I do have something else I can give you: By the power of Jesus Christ from Nazareth—stand up and walk!”
We want all of you and all the Jewish people to know that this man was made well by the power of Jesus Christ from Nazareth! You nailed Jesus to a cross. God raised him from death. This man was crippled, but he is now well. He is able to stand here before you because of the power of Jesus!
We heard him say that Jesus from Nazareth will destroy this place. He also said that Jesus will change the things that Moses told us to do.”
A person’s body is only one thing, but it has many parts. Yes, there are many parts to a body, but all those parts make only one body. Christ is like that too:
The Lord told Samuel, “Do what the people tell you. They have not rejected you. They have rejected me! They don’t want me to be their king!