Acts 7:34

7:34 I have certainly seen the suffering ¹  of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their groaning, and I have come down to rescue them. ²  Now ³  come, I will send you to Egypt.’ ⁴ 

Acts 26:14

26:14 When we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in Aramaic, ⁵  ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? You are hurting yourself ⁶  by kicking against the goads.’ ⁷ 

[7:34]  ¹ tn Or “mistreatment.”

[7:34]  ² tn Or “to set them free.”

[7:34]  ³ tn Grk “And now.” Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, καί (kai) has not been translated here.

[7:34]  ⁴ sn A quotation from Exod 3:7-8, 10.

[26:14]  ⁵ tn Grk “in the Hebrew language.” See Acts 22:7 and 9:4.

[26:14]  ⁶ tn Grk “It is hard for you.”

[26:14]  ⁷ tn “Goads” are pointed sticks used to direct a draft animal (an idiom for stubborn resistance). See BDAG 539-40 s.v. κέντρον 2.