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Acts 9:5Acts.9.5

And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, ‹I am Jesus whom thou persecutest:› [it is] ‹hard for thee to kick against the pricks.›

KJV

Greek original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Il répondit: Qui es-tu, Seigneur? Et le Seigneur dit: Je suis Jésus que tu persécutes. Il te serait dur de regimber contre les aiguillons.

KJV

And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, ‹I am Jesus whom thou persecutest:› [it is] ‹hard for thee to kick against the pricks.›

Patristic reading

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  • Epiphanius

    Panarion (Adversus Haereses)

    ρίου ἡμῶν. ἀκούων τὰ τοσαῦτα ἀπεκάλυψέν μοι καὶ οὗτος, ὡς μέλλων τελευτᾶν ἤκουσε παρ᾿ αὐτῶν 9 f vgl. Act. 9, 5 V M 3 ἔγνωσαν + δὲ Μ | ἐν angeflickt V corr 8 ἤδη] ηδε, aber getilgt V 9 ἐν ὕπνοις] ἐνύπνιος M 10 οἱ σοὶ] οἱ σοῦ Μ 12f ἰαθήσεται M 13 ἀνέσφαλεν, η über α V corr ἀνέσφιλε…
  • Anonymous

    Predestined or the Heresy of the Predestinators three books

    ness: "Who are you, Lord?" And the Lord replies: "I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting." Acts 9:5. Immediately he believes, and immediately he transfers himself from the Synagogue to the Church, not by changing his Lord, but by recognizing that He is the same one whom…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 133 (Migne)

    lium (Gal. II, 1, 2) .» Et quia prius jejunus audierat: «Durum tibi est contra stimulum calcitrare (Act. IX, 5) ,» mira postmodum virtute praesidentis [Col. 0463D] pressus ex verbi pabulo vires obtinuit. Sequitur: VERS. 10. Nunquid alligabis rhinocerotem ad arandum loro tuo?…

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