Acts 26:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

fallen. fallen down. Greek. katapipto. Only here and Acts 28:6.

earth. Greek. ge. App-129.

speaking. Greek. lalo. App-121., but the texts read "saying" (lego).

and saying. The texts omit.

Hebrew. See Acts 21:40.

tongue. dialect. See Acts 1:19.

Saul, Saul. Gr . Saoul, Saoul. See Acts 9:4.

it is, &c. Figure of speech Paroemia. App-6.

kick. Greek. laktizo. Onlyhere.

against. App-104.

pricks. goads. Greek. kentron. Elsewhere, 1 Corinthians 15:55; 1 Corinthians 15:56; Revelation 9:10.

Acts 26:14

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.