Act 9:4 | NET2full | STEP | He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him , “ Saul , Saul , why are you persecuting me ?”

‏ Acts 9:4

4 He ^{▼▼tn Grk “and he.” Because of the length of the Greek sentence, the conjunction καί (kai) has not been translated here. Instead a new English sentence is begun.} fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, ^{▼▼tn The double vocative suggests emotion.} why are you persecuting me?” ^{▼▼sn Persecuting me. To persecute the church is to persecute Jesus.}