But Saul continued to harass the church, and by going from house to house and dragging off men and women he continued to put them into prison.

And I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?’

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? It is hard for you to kick [repeatedly] against the goads [offering pointless resistance].’