Acts 22:12

And a certain Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report by all the Jews who dwell there,

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In The King James Version

And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt there,

In Context

11And as I was not seeing from the splendor of that light, I came into Damascus, being led by hand by those who accompanied me.

13having come near me, and having stood by, he said to me, Brother Saul, look up. And I looked up on him the same hour.

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Cross References

Luke 2:25And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. And this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the encouragement of Israel, and Holy Spirit was upon him.

Acts 8:2And devout men arranged to bury Stephen, and they made great lamentation over him.

Acts 10:22And they said, Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous man, and fearing God, and being well testified by the whole nation of the Jews, was divinely warned by a holy agent to summon thee to his house, and to hear sayings from thee.

2 Corinthians 6:8through glory and disrepute, through slander and commendation; as deceitful, and yet true;

Hebrews 11:2For by this the ancients were well reported.

Matthew Henry on Acts 22:4-22

Paul's First Defence. 3 I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day. 4 And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women. 5 As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and went to… Read the whole commentary →

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