Acts 9:17

So Ananias departed, and entered into the house. Laying his hands on him, he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road when you were coming, has sent me so that you might receive your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”

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In The King James Version

And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost.

In Context

16for I will show him how much he must suffer for the cause of my name.”

18Immediately something like scales fell from Saul's eyes, and he received his sight; he arose and was baptized;

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Cross References

Genesis 45:4Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Come near to me, please.” They came near. He said, “I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.

Mark 6:5He was unable to do any mighty work, except to lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them.

Luke 1:76Yes, and you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, 1 for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare his paths, 1 to prepare people for his coming, 1

Luke 15:30but when your son came, who has devoured your living with prostitutes, you killed for him the fattened calf.'

Acts 2:4They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other languages, as the Spirit gave them to speak.

Acts 6:6The believers brought these men before the apostles, who prayed and then placed their hands upon them.

Matthew Henry on Acts 9:11-23

Ananias Sent to Saul; Ananias Restores Saul's Sight; Saul Associates with the Disciples; Saul Preaches Christ at Damascus. 10 And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and to him said the Lord in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord. 11 And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and enquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth, 12 And hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in, and… Read the whole commentary →

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