24 нояб. 2020 г. · To “kick against the goads” was a metaphor commonly understood by farmers of Paul's day. A goad was a pointy stick farmers used to motivate oxen ...

12 авг. 2023 г. · The phrase comes from Greco-Roman antiquity. It is about plowing with oxen. The pricks are also called ox goads or cattle prodders.

18 июн. 2020 г. · An ox goad was a stick with a pointed piece of iron on its tip used to prod the oxen when plowing.

20 сент. 2023 г. · A goad was what a goat herder used to manage his flock. It was a long stick of wood with a bit of a sharp end.

12 окт. 2023 г. · A goad was a pointed stick that was used to guide livestock. When Jesus tells Saul he is kicking against the goads, he is saying Saul is ...

28 авг. 2019 г. · A goad or prick was a sharpened stick, part of the bridle on oxen, used to keep them going the direction you want them to go. Think of it as a ...

20 сент. 2019 г. · The phrase comes from Greco-Roman antiquity. It is about plowing with oxen. The pricks are also called ox goads or cattle prodders.

3 мая 2022 г. · The expression, ( kicking against goads) denotes resisting or rebelling against rightful authority or a condition that cannot be altered, doing so to one's own ...

“Goads” is short for “ox goads.” Once upon a time, when we didn't have machines and we used animals more for transportation, hauling, and farming, ...

3 окт. 2021 г. · The term was originally used to describe an ox that refused to be directed by the farmer's ox goad.