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“On that journey as I drew near to Damascus, about noon a great light from the sky suddenly shone around me.(A)

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“About noon as I came near Damascus, suddenly a bright light from heaven flashed around me.(A)

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14 We all fell to the ground and I heard a voice saying to me in Hebrew, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?(A) It is hard for you to kick against the goad.’[a]

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  1. 26:14 In Hebrew: see note on Acts 21:40. It is hard for you to kick against the goad: this proverb is commonly found in Greek literature and in this context signifies the senselessness and ineffectiveness of any opposition to the divine influence in his life.

14 We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice(A) saying to me in Aramaic,[a](B) ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’

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  1. Acts 26:14 Or Hebrew