8I answered, 'Who are you, Lord?' He said to me, 'I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you persecute.'


In Context

5 As also the high priest and all the council of the elders testify, from whom also I received letters to the brothers, and traveled to Damascus to bring them also who were there to Jerusalem in bonds to be punished.

6 It happened that, as I made my journey, and came close to Damascus, about noon, suddenly there shone from the sky a great light around me.

7 I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?'

8 I answered, 'Who are you, Lord?' He said to me, 'I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you persecute.'

9 |Those who were with me indeed saw the light and were afraid, but they didn't understand the voice of him who spoke to me.

10 I said, 'What shall I do, Lord?' The Lord said to me, 'Arise, and go into Damascus. There you will be told about all things which are appointed for you to do.'

Acts 22:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:8And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

22:8" 'Who are you, Lord?' I asked.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

22:8And I answered: Who art thou, Lord? And he said to me: I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

22:8And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:8And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said to me, I am Jesus the Nazaraean, whom thou persecutest.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

22:8And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:8And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said to me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

22:8And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? and he said unto me, I am Jesus the Nazarene whom thou dost persecute —

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:8And I answered, Who are you, Lord? And he said to me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you persecute.