ACTS 26:15 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.”
'Then I asked, 'Who are you, Lord?' And the Lord replied, 'I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.' - Paul's question (Tis ei, kyrie?, Tis ei, kyrie?-'Who are you, Lord?') receives the answer that reverses his world: 'I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting' (Egō eimi Iēsous hon sy diōkeis, Egō eimi Iēsous hon sy diōkeis). The identification is direct and personal: persecution of the church is persecution of Jesus. The name 'Jesus' (Iēsous, Iēsous), now revealed as the risen Lord, was the name Paul had been trying to eliminate. That name is now his vision, his mission, his salvation.
Church Fathers on Acts 26:15
And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers: unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews. Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead? Acts 26:6-8 Two arguments he lays down for the Resurrection: one, the argument from the prophets: and he does not bring forward any prophet (in…
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