Acts 22:12

Then a certain Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well spoken of by all the Jews who lived in Damascus,

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

13came to me, and standing by me said, ‘Brother Saul, receive your sight!’ And at that very moment I looked up at him.

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Cross References

Luke 2:25Well now, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; this man was righteous and devout, expectantly waiting for the Consolation of Israel, and Holy Spirit was upon him.

Acts 8:2(Devout men had buried Stephen and made a great lamentation over him.)

Acts 10:22So they said: “Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous and God-fearing man, well spoken of by all the nation of the Jews, was divinely instructed by an angel to summon you to his house, and to hear words from you.”

2 Corinthians 6:8through glory and dishonor, through defamation and good repute; as ‘deceivers’ and true,

Hebrews 11:2By it the ancients were approved.

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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