Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
he fell to the earth—and his companions with him (Acts 26:14), who "saw the light" (Acts 22:9).
and heard a voice saying unto him—"in the Hebrew tongue" (Acts 26:14).
Saul, Saul—a reduplication full of tenderness [DE WETTE]. Though his name was soon changed into "Paul," we find him, in both his own narratives of the scene, after the lapse of so many years, retaining the original form, as not daring to alter, in the smallest detail, the overpowering words addressed to him.
why persecutest thou me?—No language can express the affecting character of this question, addressed from the right hand of the Majesty on high to an infuriated, persecuting mortal. (See Matthew 25:45, and that whole judgment scene).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Acts 9:4:
Ezekiel 35:12-13
1 Corinthians 8:12
2 Corinthians 1:5
Galatians 1:15
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