Acts 26:15
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New International Version (©2011)
"Then I asked, 'Who are you, Lord?' " 'I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,' the Lord replied.

New Living Translation (©2007)
"'Who are you, lord?' I asked. "And the Lord replied, 'I am Jesus, the one you are persecuting.

English Standard Version (©2001)
And I said, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ And the Lord said, ‘I am Jesus whom you are persecuting.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"And I said, 'Who are You, Lord?' And the Lord said, 'I am Jesus whom you are persecuting.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Then I said, 'Who are You, Lord?'" And the Lord replied: I am Jesus, the One you are persecuting.

International Standard Version (©2012)
"I asked, 'Who are you, Lord?' "The Lord answered, 'I'm Jesus, whom you are persecuting.

NET Bible (©2006)
So I said, 'Who are you, Lord?' And the Lord replied, 'I am Jesus whom you are persecuting.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
“And I said, “Who are you my lord?” And our Lord said to me, 'I am Yeshua the Nazarene, whom you are persecuting.' “

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
"I asked, 'Who are you, sir?' "The Lord answered, 'I am Jesus, the one you're persecuting.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And I said, Who are you, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom you persecute.

American King James Version
And I said, Who are you, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom you persecute.

American Standard Version
And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I said: Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord answered: I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.

Darby Bible Translation
And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest:

English Revised Version
And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.

Webster's Bible Translation
And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.

Weymouth New Testament
"'Who art Thou, Lord?' I asked. "'I am Jesus whom you are persecuting,' the Lord replied.

World English Bible
"I said, 'Who are you, Lord?' "He said, 'I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.

Young's Literal Translation
'And I said, Who art thou, Lord? and he said, I am Jesus whom thou dost persecute;

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

26:12-23 Paul was made a Christian by Divine power; by a revelation of Christ both to him and in him; when in the full career of his sin. He was made a minister by Divine authority: the same Jesus who appeared to him in that glorious light, ordered him to preach the gospel to the Gentiles. A world that sits in darkness must be enlightened; those must be brought to know the things that belong to their everlasting peace, who are yet ignorant of them. A world that lies in wickedness must be sanctified and reformed; it is not enough for them to have their eyes opened, they must have their hearts renewed; not enough to be turned from darkness to light, but they must be turned from the power of Satan unto God. All who are turned from sin to God, are not only pardoned, but have a grant of a rich inheritance. The forgiveness of sins makes way for this. None can be happy who are not holy; and to be saints in heaven we must be first saints on earth. We are made holy, and saved by faith in Christ; by which we rely upon Christ as the Lord our Righteousness, and give up ourselves to him as the Lord our Ruler; by this we receive the remission of sins, the gift of the Holy Ghost, and eternal life. The cross of Christ was a stumbling-block to the Jews, and they were in a rage at Paul's preaching the fulfilling of the Old Testament predictions. Christ should be the first that should rise from the dead; the Head or principal One. Also, it was foretold by the prophets, that the Gentiles should be brought to the knowledge of God by the Messiah; and what in this could the Jews justly be displeased at? Thus the true convert can give a reason of his hope, and a good account of the change manifest in him. Yet for going about and calling on men thus to repent and to be converted, vast numbers have been blamed and persecuted.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 15. - The Lord for he, A.V. and T.R.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And I said, who art thou, Lord? and he said,.... Or "the Lord said", as the Alexandrian copy, the Vulgate Latin, and Syriac versions read,

I am Jesus whom thou persecutest; the Syriac and Ethiopic versions read, "Jesus of Nazareth"; See Gill on Acts 9:5.

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Paul's Testimony to Agrippa
…14And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking to me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecute you me? it is hard for you to kick against the pricks. 15And I said, Who are you, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom you persecute. 16But rise, and stand on your feet: for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to make you a minister and a witness both of these things which you have seen, and of those things in the which I will appear to you; …

Acts 26:14 We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice saying to me in Aramaic, 'Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.'
Acts 26:16 Now get up and stand on your feet. I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen and will see of me.