He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength —who has resisted him, and succeeded?—
Acts 9:5 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional He asked, “Who are you, Lord?” The reply came, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. Higit pang mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: Common English Bible Saul asked, “Who are you, Lord?” “I am Jesus, whom you are harassing,” came the reply. Catholic Public Domain Version 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 Who said: Who art thou, Lord? And he: I am Jesus whom thou persecutest. It is hard for thee to kick against the goad. |
He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength —who has resisted him, and succeeded?—
kiss his feet, or he will be angry, and you will perish in the way; for his wrath is quickly kindled. Happy are all who take refuge in him.
Woe to you who strive with your Maker, earthen vessels with the potter! Does the clay say to the one who fashions it, “What are you making”? or “Your work has no handles”?
But Peter said, “By no means, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is profane or unclean.”
When we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It hurts you to kick against the goads.’
“Indeed, I myself was convinced that I ought to do many things against the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
but if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them—in that case you may even be found fighting against God!” They were convinced by him,
He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?”
But get up and enter the city, and you will be told what you are to do.”
Jacob ate his fill; Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked. You grew fat, bloated, and gorged! He abandoned God who made him, and scoffed at the Rock of his salvation.
Not that I have already obtained this or have already reached the goal; but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own.
even though I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a man of violence. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief,