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AndδὲIἐγὼsaid,εἶπα‘WhoΤίςare you,εἶLord?’κύριεAndδὲthe Lordὁ κύριοςsaid,εἶπεν‘IἘγώamεἰμιJesus,Ἰησοῦςwhomὃνyouσὺare persecuting.διώκεις
Acts 26:15
Study it in the app“And I said, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ And the Lord said, ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 26:15, word by word
- saidεἶπαeipa
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipa” appears- are youεἶei
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ei” appears- Lord?’κύριεkyrie
Lord
The Lord: God, whose name is YHWH; also Jesus.
Where else “kyrie” appears- JesusἸησοῦςIēsous
Jesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
Where else “Iēsous” appears- are persecutingδιώκειςdiōkeis
persecute
To go after someone to harm them.
Where else “diōkeis” appears
The context
14And when we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’
15 · This verse (above)
16But get up and stand on your feet; for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you as a servant and a witness both of the things in which you have seen me and of those in which I will appear to you,
To study Acts 26 in a group
1. What it says
What does Paul tell King Agrippa about his earlier life and what Jesus said to him? (vv. 4-18)
2. What it means
Paul says he only repeats what the prophets and Moses said would happen (vv. 22-23). How does he connect his story with Israel's hope?
3. How I live it
Paul wishes the best for those who judge him (v. 29). How can you treat kindly someone who does not think as you do?