KJV King James Version
And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.
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Acts 26:15
And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
‘Who are You, Lord?’ I asked. ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,’ the Lord replied.
WEB World English Bible
“I said, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ “He said, ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
ASV American Standard Version
And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘And I said, Who art thou, Lord? and he said, I am Jesus whom thou dost persecute;
Surrounding context — Acts 26
12 Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,
13 At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me.
14 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.
15 And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.
16 But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee;
17 Delivering thee from the people, and [from] the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,
18 To open their eyes, [and] to turn [them] from darkness to light, and [from] the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ἐγὼG1473 · egōI/weδὲG1161 · dethenεἶπα·G2036 · eiponto sayτίςG5101 · tiswhich?εἶG1510 · eimito beκύριε;G2962 · kurioslord: GodὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoδὲG1161 · dethenκύριοςG2962 · kurioslord: Godεἶπεν·G2036 · eiponto sayἐγώG1473 · egōI/weεἰμιG1510 · eimito beἸησοῦςG2424 · IēsousJesusὃνG3739 · hos, hēwhichσὺG4771 · suyouδιώκεις.G1377 · diōkōto pursue
Cross-references
John 15:20-21Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.Matthew 25:45Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did [it] not to one of the least of these, ye did [it] not to me.Exodus 16:8And Moses said, [This shall be], when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what [are] we? your murmurings [are] not against us, but against the LORD.Matthew 25:40And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done [it] unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done [it] unto me.
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