Acts 22:7
New International Version
I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, ‘Saul! Saul! Why do you persecute me?’

New Living Translation
I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’

English Standard Version
And I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’

Berean Standard Bible
I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?’

Berean Literal Bible
and I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?'

King James Bible
And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

New King James Version
And I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?’

New American Standard Bible
and I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?’

NASB 1995
and I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?’

NASB 1977
and I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?’

Legacy Standard Bible
and I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?’

Amplified Bible
And I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?’

Christian Standard Bible
I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? ’

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?’”

American Standard Version
And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And I fell to the ground, and I heard a voice saying to me, “Shaul, Shaul, why do you persecute me?”

Contemporary English Version
I fell to the ground and heard a voice asking, "Saul, Saul, why are you so cruel to me?"

Douay-Rheims Bible
And falling on the ground, I heard a voice saying to me: Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

English Revised Version
And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I fell to the ground and heard a voice asking me, 'Saul! Saul! Why are you persecuting me?'

Good News Translation
I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul! Why do you persecute me?'

International Standard Version
I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul! Saul! Why are you persecuting me?'

Literal Standard Version
I also fell to the ground, and I heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?

Majority Standard Bible
I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?’

New American Bible
I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’

NET Bible
Then I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?'

New Revised Standard Version
I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’

New Heart English Bible
I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?'

Webster's Bible Translation
And I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

Weymouth New Testament
I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, "'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?'

World English Bible
I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’

Young's Literal Translation
I fell also to the ground, and I heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why me dost thou persecute?

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Paul's Defense to the Crowd
6About noon as I was approaching Damascus, suddenly a bright light from heaven flashed around me. 7 I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?’ 8‘Who are You, Lord?’ I asked. ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting,’ He replied.…

Cross References
Acts 9:4
He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?"

Acts 22:6
About noon as I was approaching Damascus, suddenly a bright light from heaven flashed around me.

Acts 22:8
Who are You, Lord?' I asked. 'I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting,' He replied.


Treasury of Scripture

And I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why persecute you me?

Saul.

Genesis 3:9
And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?

Genesis 16:8
And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.

Genesis 22:1,11
And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am

why.

Isaiah 43:22-26
But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel…

Jeremiah 2:5,9
Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain? …

Matthew 25:45
Then 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.

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Acts 22
1. Paul declares how he was converted to the faith,
17. and called to his apostleship.
22. At the very mentioning of the Gentiles the people exclaim on him.
24. He would have been scourged;
25. but claiming the privilege of a Roman, he escapes.














(7) Saul, Saul . . .--We have again, as in Acts 9:4, the Hebrew form of the name.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
I fell
ἔπεσά (epesa)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's 4098: A reduplicated and contracted form of peto; probably akin to petomai through the idea of alighting; to fall.

to
εἰς (eis)
Preposition
Strong's 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.

the
τὸ (to)
Article - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

ground
ἔδαφος (edaphos)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 1475: The base, ground, bottom. From the base of hedraios; a basis, i.e. The soil.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

heard
ἤκουσα (ēkousa)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's 191: To hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported. A primary verb; to hear.

a voice
φωνῆς (phōnēs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 5456: Probably akin to phaino through the idea of disclosure; a tone; by implication, an address, saying or language.

say
λεγούσης (legousēs)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.

to me,
μοι (moi)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Singular
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

‘Saul,
Σαοὺλ (Saoul)
Noun - Vocative Masculine Singular
Strong's 4549: Of Hebrew origin; Saul, the Jewish name of Paul.

Saul,
Σαούλ (Saoul)
Noun - Vocative Masculine Singular
Strong's 4549: Of Hebrew origin; Saul, the Jewish name of Paul.

why
τί (ti)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 5101: Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what.

do you persecute
διώκεις (diōkeis)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's 1377: To pursue, hence: I persecute. A prolonged form of a primary verb dio; to pursue; by implication, to persecute.

Me?’
με (me)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Singular
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.


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