Acts

Acts 26:14

¹⁴We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice say to me in Hebrew,^a‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’

Footnotes

a 26:14 Or in Aramaic; literally in the Hebrew language

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English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
We	ἡμῶν	hēmōn	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural	G1473 I
all	πάντων	pantōn	Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural	G3956 all, the whole, every kind of
fell	καταπεσόντων	katapesontōn	Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Plural	G2667 I fall down
to	εἰς	eis	Preposition	G1519 into, in, among, till, for
the	τὴν	tēn	Article - Accusative Feminine Singular	G3588 the
ground	γῆν	gēn	Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular	G1093 the earth, soil, land
I heard	ἤκουσα	ēkousa	Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular	G191 I hear, listen
a voice	φωνὴν	phōnēn	Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular	G5456 a sound, noise, voice
say	λέγουσαν	legousan	Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Feminine Singular	G3004 I say, speak
to	πρός	pros	Preposition	G4314 to, towards, with
me	με	me	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Singular	G1473 I
in	τῇ	tē	Article - Dative Feminine Singular	G3588 the
Hebrew	Ἑβραΐδι	Hebraidi	Adjective - Dative Feminine Singular	G1446 the Hebrew language, Aramaic
Saul	Σαοὺλ	Saoul	Noun - Vocative Masculine Singular	G4549 Saul
Saul	Σαούλ	Saoul	Noun - Vocative Masculine Singular	G4549 Saul
why	τί	ti	Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular	G5101 who, which, what
do you persecute	διώκεις	diōkeis	Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular	G1377 I pursue, persecute
Me	με	me	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Singular	G1473 I
hard	σκληρόν	sklēron	Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular	G4642 hard, violent, harsh, stern
for you	σοι	soi	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Singular	G4771 you
to kick	λακτίζειν	laktizein	Verb - Present Infinitive Active	G2979 I kick
against	πρὸς	pros	Preposition	G4314 to, towards, with
goads	κέντρα	kentra	Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural	G2759 a sting, goad

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