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I said, `Who are you, Lord?` He said, `I am Jesus, whom you persecute.
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The Lord is Jesus
Saul asks the glorious figure, "Who are you, Lord?" The answer, "I am Jesus whom you persecute," is a world-altering revelation. Commentators emphasize this as the pivotal moment where the divine Lord of heaven is identified as the very person Saul was trying to destroy. This direct encounter by "Divine power" (Matthew Henry) is the foundation of Paul's conversion and entire ministry.
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19th Century
Baptist
And I said, Who are you, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom you persecute. But rise and stand upon your feet; for I have appeared to you for th…
On the other hand, this third account leaves out certain features of the other two: (1) the heavenly speaker identifies himself only as Jesus (cf. …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And I said, who are you, Lord? and he said Or "the Lord said", as the Alexandrian copy, the Vulgate Latin, and Syria…
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Presbyterian
Paul was made a Christian by Divine power; by a revelation of Christ both to him and in him; while he was in the full career of his sin. He was mad…
