Acts 9:17
Then Ananias went to the house to him; and he laid his hand upon him, and said to him: Saul, my brother, our Lord Jesus, he who appeared to thee by the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thy eyes might be opened, and thou be filled with the Holy Spirit.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
16For I will show him, how much he is to suffer on account of my name.
Cross References
Mark 6:5And he could not there do even one mighty work, except that he laid his hand on a few sick, and healed them.
Luke 1:76And thou, child, wilt be called a prophet of the Most High; for thou wilt go before the face of the Lord, to prepare his way,
Luke 15:30But for this thy son, when he had dissipated thy property with harlots, and came home, thou hast slain the fatted bullock for him.
Acts 2:4And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak in diverse languages, as the Spirit gave them to speak.
Acts 6:6These stood before the legates; and when they had prayed, they laid the hand on 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 →