Act 26:14 | NASB2020 | STEP | And 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 .’

‏ Acts 26:14

14 And when we had ^aall fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the ^{▼▼I.e., Jewish Aramaic} ^cHebrew dialect, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? ^{▼▼An idiom referring to an animal’s futile resistance to being prodded with a spiked stick}It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’