Acts 22:7
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?”
πίπτω
To fall, to drop, to fail. Pipto. A sparrow does not fall to the ground outside your Father's care. Nothing happens to you by accident. Every fall is within the knowledge of God.
φωνή
a voice
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φωνή
Voice, sound. Phone. The sound of a voice. My sheep hear my voice. Jesus knows you by name and speaks to you personally. Learning to recognise His voice is essential.
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λέγω
saying
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λέγω
To say, to speak with authority. Jesus said and it was so. When Jesus speaks everything listens. His words carry the weight of creation behind them.
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διώκω
persecute you?
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διώκω
compare the base of G1169 (δειλός) and G1249 (διάκονος)); to pursue (literally or figuratively); by implication, to persecute
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τίς
why
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τίς
an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions)
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τέ
then
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τέ
both or also (properly, as correlation of G2532 (καί))
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Σαούλ
Saul
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Σαούλ
Saul (i.e. Shaul), the Jewish name of Paul
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ἔδαφος
ground
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ἔδαφος
a basis (bottom), i.e. the soil
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