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“I Appeal to Caesar!”“Bearing Thorough Witness” About God’s Kingdom
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And when we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice say to me in the Hebrew language: ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? To keep kicking against the goads makes it hard for you.’
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“I Appeal to Caesar!”“Bearing Thorough Witness” About God’s Kingdom
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13 Before this supernatural event, Paul had figuratively been “kicking against the goads.” Just as a beast of burden would injure itself unnecessarily by kicking against the sharp end of an oxgoad, Paul had hurt himself spiritually by resisting the will of God.
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