Kick
Kick
(, laktzo): In the famous vision on the road to Damascus the unseen voice said to Saul: Why persecutest thou me? It is hard for thee to kick against the goad (Act 9:4 f; Act 26:14). The words are omitted from the best manuscripts in Act 9:4. This was a familiar proverb in both Greek and Latin literature, and refers to the severer goading received by an ox which kicks back at the goad used to guide or urge him on. The words seem to mean that Paul’s paroxysm of persecution was a painful as well as profitless resistance to the pricks of conscience by which God was leading him into the light.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Kick
“to kick” (from lax, an adverb signifying “with the foot”), is used in Act 26:14 (some mss. have it in Act 9:5).
Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words
Kick
1Sa 2:29 (b) This represents the attitude of GOD’s people as they complained against GOD’s rules of living.
Act 9:5 (b) By this we understand the actions of Paul as he opposed the Lord JESUS and the new revelations which CHRIST brought. Paul was only hurting himself, injuring his soul, and fighting against GOD by his opposition.