Acts 22:12

and a certain one, Ananias, a pious man according to the Law, being testified to by all the Jews dwelling [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 when I did not see from the glory of that light, being led by the hand by those who are with me, I came to Damascus,

13having come to me and stood by [me], said to me, Saul, brother, look up; and the same hour I looked up to him;

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Cross References

Luke 2:25And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name [is] Simeon, and this man is righteous and devout, looking for the comforting of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him,

Acts 8:2and devout men carried Stephen away, and made great lamentation over him;

Acts 10:22And they said, “Cornelius, a centurion, a man righteous and fearing God, well testified to, also, by all the nation of the Jews, was divinely warned by a holy messenger to send for you, to his house, and to hear sayings from you.”

2 Corinthians 6:8through glory and dishonor, through evil report and good report, as leading astray, and true;

Hebrews 11:2for by this, the elders were well-attested.

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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