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.
And he said, Who art thou, Lord? The word "Lord" here is an indefinite term of respect for some unknown but exalted speaker. That Saul saw, as well as heard, this glorious Speaker, is expressly said by Ananias (Acts 9:17, and Acts 22:14), by Barnabas (Acts 9:27), and by himself (Acts 26:16); and in claiming apostleship, he explicitly states that he had "seen the Lord" (1 Corinthians 9:1; 1 Corinthians 15:8), which can refer only to this scene.
And the Lord said. The true reading probably is, 'And He said,' I am Jesus whom thou persecutest. The pronouns "I" and "THOU" are both emphatically and touchingly expressed here х egoo (G1473) ... su (G4771)], while the term "JESUS" is purposely chosen, to convey to him the thrilling information, that the hated Name which he sought to hunt down - "the Nazarene," as it is in Acts 22:8 - was now speaking to him from the skies, "crowned with glory and honour" (see Acts 26:9).