4And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
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For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.
And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. …
And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.
For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.
In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-9)We found mention made of Saul twice or thrice in the story of Stephen, for the sacred penman longed to come to his story; and now we are come to it, not quite taking leave of Peter but from henceforward being mostly taken up with Paul the apostle of the Gentiles, as Peter was of the circumcision. His name in Hebrew was Saul—desired , though as remarkably little in stature as his namesake king Saul…
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