Acts 22:12

“And Ananias, a certain devout man according to the law, being testified of by all the Jews dwelling in Damascus,

English Majority Text (NT)

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 since I could not see because of the brightness of that light, being led by the hand by those who were with me, I came into Damascus.

13came to me and he stood and said to me, ‘Brother Saul, receive your sight.’ And I, in that very hour, looked up at him.

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Cross References

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

Acts 8:2And godly men buried Stephen, and they mourned deeply for him.

Acts 10:22And they said, “Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and fearing God, having a good reputation among all the nation of the Jews, was given a revelation by a holy angel to send for you to his house, and to hear a message from you.”

2 Corinthians 6:8by honor and dishonor, by ill repute and good repute; as deceivers, and yet true;

Hebrews 11:2For by it the elders obtained witness.

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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