Acts 26:14

14We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice saying to me in Aramaic,26:14 Or Hebrew ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’

14And when we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the 26:14 I.e., Jewish AramaicHebrew dialect, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? 26:14 An idiom referring to an animal’s futile resistance to being prodded with a spiked stickIt is hard for you to kick against the goads.’

14And when we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew dialect, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’

14And when we all had fallen to the ground, I heard a voice in the Hebrew dialect (Jewish Aramaic) saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? 26:14 An ancient Greek proverb dating back to the time of Euripides.It is hard for you to kick [repeatedly] against the 26:14 These were wooden shafts (like broomsticks) with a pointed piece of metal on one end, used by the farmer to keep an ox going in the right direction as it pulled a plow. Jesus was “prodding” Paul to take the proper direction in his life, and Paul had been resisting.goads [offering pointless resistance].’

14We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice say to me in Hebrew,26:14 Or in Aramaic; literally in the Hebrew language‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’

14We all fell to the ground. I heard a voice speak to me in the Aramaic language. ‘Saul! Saul!’ it said. ‘Why are you opposing me? It is hard for you to go against what you know is right.’