Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?

Σαοὺλ Σαούλ, τί με διώκεις;

God

Acts 9:4

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Topic

Religious persecution

Speaker

God

Source

Book of Acts The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Question

Language

Greek

Time

62 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Acts 9:4).

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