He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?"

So Ananias departed and entered the house, placed his hands on Saul and said, "Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you came here, has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit."

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

When we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in Aramaic, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? You are hurting yourself by kicking against the goads.'