Acts 22:12
There a man named Ananias, a devout observer of the law who was highly regarded by all the Jews living there,
Berean Standard Bible
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In Context
11Because the brilliance of the light had blinded me, my companions led me by the hand into Damascus.
Cross References
Luke 2:25Now there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.
Acts 8:2God-fearing men buried Stephen and mourned deeply over him.
Acts 10:22“Cornelius the centurion has sent us,” they said. “He is a righteous and God-fearing man with a good reputation among the whole Jewish nation. A holy angel instructed him to request your presence in his home so he could hear a message from you.”
2 Corinthians 6:8through glory and dishonor, slander and praise; viewed as imposters, yet genuine;
Hebrews 11:2This is why the ancients were commended.
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 →