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NASB					Acts 26:14 "And when we had ^Aall³⁹⁵⁶ fallen²⁶⁶⁷ to the ground¹⁰⁹³, I heard¹⁹¹ a voice⁵⁴⁵⁶ saying³⁰⁰⁴ to me in the ¹ ^BHebrew¹⁴⁴⁶ dialect¹²⁵⁸, 'Saul⁴⁵⁴⁹, Saul⁴⁵⁴⁹, why⁵¹⁰¹ are you persecuting¹³⁷⁷ Me? ²It is hard⁴⁶⁴² for you to kick^2979b against⁴³¹⁴ the goads²⁷⁵⁹.'
AMPLIFIED 2015					Acts 26:14 "And when we all had fallen to the ground, I heard a voice in the Hebrew dialect (Jewish Aramaic) saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? ¹It is hard for you to kick [repeatedly] against the ²goads [offering pointless resistance].'

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I.e. Jewish Aramaic

An idiom referring to an animal's futile resistance to being prodded with goads

Amplified 2015 Translator's Notes:
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An ancient Greek proverb dating back to the time of Euripides.

These were wooden shafts (like broomsticks) with a pointed piece of metal on one end, used by the farmer to keep an ox going in the right direction as it pulled a plow. Jesus was "prodding" Paul to take the proper direction in his life, and Paul had been resisting.

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Acts 9:7 The men who traveled with him stood speechless, hearing the voice but seeing no one.

Acts 21:40 When he had given him permission, Paul, standing on the stairs, motioned to the people with his hand; and when there was a great hush, he spoke to them in the Hebrew dialect, saying,

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Greek Heb.

191

akouô; from a prim. word mean. hearing; to hear, listen:--come to...ears(1), every(1), give heed(2), grant(1), hear(115), heard(216), hearers(1), hearing(24), hears(21), heed(2), listen(24), listened(1), listeners(1), listening(14), listens(5), reached(1), reported(1), understand(1), understands(1).

1093

gê; a prim. word; the earth, land:--country(2), earth(165), earthly(1), ground(20), land(46), soil(16).

1258

dialektos; from 1256; speech, language:--dialect(3), language(3).

1377

diôkô; akin to a prim. vb. diô (put to flight); to put to flight, pursue, by impl. to persecute:--persecute(10), persecuted(13), persecuting(7), persecutor(1), practicing(1), press(2), pursue(7), pursuing(2), run after(1), seek after(1).

1446

Hebrais; from 1443; Hebrew, the Ara. vernacular of Pal.:--Hebrew(3).

2667

katapiptô; from 2596 and 4098; to fall down:--fall down(1), fallen(1), fell(1).

2759

kentron; from kenteô (to prick); a sharp point:--goads(1), sting(2), stings(1).

2979b

laktizô; from lax (with the foot); to kick:--kick(1).

3004

legô; a prim. vb.; to say:--addressing(1), agree*(1), ask(1), asked(3), asking(4), bring charges(1), call(8), called(34), calling(1), calls(3), claimed(1), claiming(2), command(3), designated(1), follows(1), give(1), gives(1), greeted*(1), made(1), mean(2), means(3), meant(1), mention(1), named(3), ordered(2), quote(1), referred(1), remarking(1), said(1086), say(364), saying(440), says(102), shouting(1), so-called(3), speak(22), speaking(17), speaks(6), spoke(18), spoken(26), stated(1), stating(2), talking(5), tell(71), telling(18), thing spoken(1), things spoken(1), thought(1), told(35), using(1).

3956

pas; a prim. word; all, every:--all(731), all the things(7), all...things(1), all kinds(1), all men(14), all people(4), all respects(3), all things(126), all*(1), always*(3), any(16), any at all(1), anyone(3), anything(3), anything*(1), continually*(6), entire(4), every(128), every form(1), every kind(9), every respect(1), every way(2), everyone(71), everyone's(1), everyone*(1), everything(45), forever*(1), full(2), great(2), no*(15), none*(1), nothing(1), nothing*(1), one(4), perfectly(1), quite(1), whatever(3), whatever*(1), whoever(7), whole(18).

4314

pros; a prim. prep.; advantageous for, at (denotes local proximity), toward (denotes motion toward a place):--about(1), accord(1), according(1), across(1), against(21), among(5), around(2), because(2), before(9), beside(1), end(1), near(4), order(1), pertaining(4), promote(1), referring(1), regard(1), so(5), terms(1), together*(1), toward(9), whispered*(1).

4549

Saoul; of Heb. or. [7586]; Saul, the first Isr. king, also the Jewish name of Paul:--Saul(9).

4642

sklêros; from skellô (to dry); hard, rough:--difficult(1), hard(2), harsh things(1), strong(1).

5101

tis; an interrog. pron. related to 5100; who? which? what?:--anything(1), how(7), how*(2), person(1), something(3), suppose one(2), what(266), what each(1), what*(5), which(24), which one(3), who(128), whom(16), whose(6), why(70), why*(33).

5456

phônê; prob. from 5346; a voice, sound:--blasts(1), cry(1), language(1), languages(1), outcry(1), sound(15), sounds(4), statement(1), tone(1), utterance(3), utterances(1), voice(102), voices(7).

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