Acts 22:12

And one Ananias, a God-fearing man, who kept the law, and of whom all the Jews in that place had a high opinion,

Bible in Basic English

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 because I was unable to see because of the glory of that light, those who were with me took me by the hand, and so I came to Damascus.

13Came to my side and said, Brother Saul, let your eyes be open. And in that very hour I was able to see him.

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Cross References

Luke 2:25And there was then in Jerusalem a man whose name was Simeon; and he was an upright man, fearing God and waiting for the comfort of Israel: and the Holy Spirit was on him.

Acts 8:2And God-fearing men put Stephen's body in its last resting-place, making great weeping over him.

Acts 10:22And they said, Cornelius, a captain, an upright and God-fearing man, respected by all the nation of the Jews, had word from God by an angel to send for you to his house, and to give hearing to your words.

2 Corinthians 6:8By glory and by shame, by an evil name and a good name; as untrue, and still true;

Hebrews 11:2For by it our fathers had God's approval.

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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