Acts 26:14 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 26:14

We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice say to me in Hebrew, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying unto me in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the goad.

KJV

And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And when we were all fallen to the earth,.... Saul, and the men that were with him, for fear of the divine Majesty, who by this extraordinary light was thought to be present: the other narratives only relate Saul's falling to the earth; how this is to be reconciled to their standing speechless, in Act 9:7; see Gill on Act 9:7. I heard a voice speaking unto me, &c. See Gill on Act 10:4. See Gill on Act 10:5.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

In the Hebrew tongue - St. Paul was not now speaking in Hebrew: when he was, chap. xxiii, 7, he did not add, In the Hebrew tongue. Christ used this tongue both on earth and from heaven.

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Original language & word study

25 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
πάντων	pantōn	All	G3956 →
τε	te	and	G5037 →
καταπεσόντων	katapesontōn	when were falling down	G2667 →
ἡμῶν	hēmōn	we	G3165 →
εἰς	eis	to	G1519 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
γῆν	gēn	ground	G1093 →
ἤκουσα	ēkousa	I heard	G191 →
φωνὴν	phōnēn	a voice	G5456 →
λέγουσαν	legousan	saying	G3004 →
πρός	pros	to	G4314 →
με	me	me	G3165 →
τῇ	tēa	in the	G3588 →
Ἑβραΐδι	Hebraidi	Hebrew	G1446 →
διαλέκτῳ·	dialektō	language;	G1258 →
Σαοὺλ	Saoul	Saul	G4549 →
Σαούλ,	Saoul	Saul,	G4549 →
τί	ti	why	G5101 →
με	me	Me	G3165 →
διώκεις;	diōkeis	persecute you?	G1377 →
σκληρόν	sklēron	[It is] hard	G4642 →
σοι	soi	for you	G4771 →
πρὸς	pros	against	G4314 →
κέντρα	kentra	[the] goads	G2759 →
λακτίζειν.	laktizein	to kick.	G2979 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Acts 9:7
The men traveling with Saul stood there speechless. They heard the voice but did not see anyone.
leads to
- Acts 22:9
  My companions saw the light, but they could not understand the voice of the One speaking to me.
- Daniel 10:7
  Only I, Daniel, saw the vision; the men with me did not see it, but a great terror fell upon them, and they ran and hid themselves.
- Acts 26:13–14
  About noon, O king, as I was on the road, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and my companions.
- John 12:29
  The crowd standing there heard it and said that it had thundered. Others said that an angel had spoken to Him.
- Matthew 24:40–41
  Two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left.
Through
Acts 21:40
Having received permission, Paul stood on the steps and motioned to the crowd. A great hush came over the crowd, and he addressed them in Hebrew:
leads to
- Acts 12:17
  Peter motioned with his hand for silence, and he described how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. “Send word to James and to the brothers,” he said, and he left for…
Through
Zechariah 12:2
“Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of drunkenness to all the surrounding peoples. Judah will be besieged, as well as Jerusalem.
leads to
- Zechariah 14:14
  Judah will also fight at Jerusalem, and the wealth of all the surrounding nations will be collected—gold, silver, and apparel in great abundance.
- Psalms 75:8
  For a cup is in the hand of the LORD, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours from His cup, and all the wicked of the earth drink it down to the…