Acts 22:7

Acts 22:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
• New International Version (NIV)I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, ‘Saul! Saul! Why do you persecute me?’
• English Standard Version (ESV)And I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?'
• New King James Version (NKJV)And I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?’

Context of Acts 22:7

5As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the council of the elders: from whom also I received letters to the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them who were there bound to Jerusalem, to be punished. 6And it came to pass, that, as I was on my journey, and had come near to Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light around me. And I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? 8And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said to me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest. 9And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; but they heard not the voice of him that spoke to me.

Acts 22:7 word by word

ἔπεσά τε εἰς τὸ ἔδαφος καὶ ἤκουσα φωνῆς λεγούσης μοι· Σαοὺλ Σαούλ, τί με διώκεις;Read the interlinear

• Andτεte · and/bothG5037
• fellπίπτωpiptō petō · to collapseG4098
• toεἰςeis · towardG1519
• groundἔδαφοςedaphos · groundG1475
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• heardἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
• voiceφωνήphōnē · voice/sound: voiceG5456
• sayingλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• meμοίmoi · to meG3427
• SaulΣαούλSaoul · SaulG4549
• whyτίςtis · which?G5101
• thouδιώκωdiōkō · to pursueG1377
• meμέme · meG3165

Cross-references for Acts 22:7

• Genesis 3:9And the LORD God called to Adam, and said to him, Where art thou?
• Genesis 16:8And he said, Hagar, Sarai’s maid, from where didst thou come? and where wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.
• Genesis 22:1And it came to pass after these things, that God tested Abraham, and said to him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am .
• Exodus 3:4And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.
• 1 Samuel 3:10And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth.
• Isaiah 43:22But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel.
• Jeremiah 2:5Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they have gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and have become vain?
• Matthew 25:45Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
• Matthew 27:23And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.
• 1 Timothy 1:13Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and an insolent man: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

Commentaries on Acts 22:7

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6-11Verses 6-11 See the notes on Acts 9:3-7. Acts 22:6 As I made my journey - As I was on my journey. About noon - Acts 26:13, “at mid-day.” This circumstance is omitted by Luke in his account in Acts 22:11 The glory of that light - The splendor, the intense brilliancy of the light. See this and its effects explained in the notes on Acts 9:8.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-21Paul gives his most complete defense of his life and faith before his own people in Jerusalem. This speech shows his flexibility as a missionary, just as his message to the Greek philosophers in Athens also did (17:22–31; see 1 Corinthians 9:20–23). He begins by showing his close connection with his audience. He explains his Jewish background and his training under Gamaliel the Elder (a respected Jewish teacher). He also describes his strong desire to…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-302. when they heard ... the Hebrew tongue--(See on Ac 21:40). they kept the more silence--They could have understood him in Greek, and doubtless fully expected the renegade to address them in that language, but the sound of their holy mother tongue awed them into deeper silence.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Acts 22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings