Acts 9:5
And he said, fWho art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: git is hard for thee to kick against the *pricks.
And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
εἶπε δέ, Τίς εἶ, Κύριε; ὁ δὲ Κύριος εἶπεν, Ἐγώ εἰμι Ἰησοῦς ὃν σὺ διώκεις· σκληρόν σοι πρὸς κέντρα λακτίζειν.
Textual key: ‘It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks’
f:
1 Samuel 3:10 And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth.
1 Timothy 1:13 Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
g:
Job 9:4 He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?
Job 40:2 Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
Isaiah 45:9 Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?
1 Corinthians 10:22 Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
Luke 20:8 And Jesus said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.
Acts 5:39 But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
*:
pricks-goads for driving cattle.