Acts 9:3-5
As Saul drew near to Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?” “Who are You, Lord?” Saul asked. “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,” He replied.
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2 songs meet this passage
“a voice that came from everywhere, a voice that called my name”
The Master's Call · Marty Robbins
resonates with Acts 9:3-5
The sudden, overwhelming divine confrontation mirrors Saul's own dramatic call on the road to Damascus.
“I've been down on bended knee”
God's Gonna Cut You Down · Johnny Cash
resonates with Acts 9:3-6
The sudden, personal encounter with 'the Man from Galilee' that reorders the singer's life echoes the pattern of a dramatic conversion like Saul's.