Acts 9:17

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Summary

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.

Ananias

Acts 22:12

And putting

Brother

1 Peter 1:22

The lord

1 Corinthians 15:8

That thou

Acts 9:8

And be

General references

Acts 9:12

Bible References

Ananias

Then a certain Ananias, a devout man in the Law, who had a good reputation among all the Jewish inhabitants,

And putting

these men they presented to the apostles, who, after prayer, laid their hands upon them.

Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the holy Spirit.

Then after fasting and praying they laid their hands on them and let them go.

and after Paul laid his hands on them the holy Spirit came upon them, they spoke with 'tongues' and prophesied.

Then children were brought to him that he might lay his hands on them and pray over them. The disciples checked the people,

There he could not do any miracle, beyond laying his hands on a few sick people and curing them.

You have a gift that came to you transmitted by the prophets, when the presbytery laid their hands upon you; do not neglect that gift.

Never be in a hurry to ordain a presbyter; do not make yourself responsible for the sins of another man ??keep your own life pure.

Hence I would remind you to rekindle the divine gift which you received when my hands were laid upon you;

with instruction about ablutions and the laying on of hands, about the resurrection of the dead and eternal punishment.

Brother

"But, Lord," Ananias answered, "many people have told me about all the mischief this man has done to thy saints at Jerusalem!

They glorified God when they heard it. Then they said to him, "Brother, you see how many thousands of believers there are among the Jews, all of them ardent upholders of the Law.

came to me and standing beside me said, 'Saul, my brother, regain your sight!' The same moment I regained my sight and looked up at him.

But as soon as this son of yours arrives, after having wasted your means with harlots, you kill the fatted calf for him!'

Welcome one another, then, as Christ has welcomed yourselves, for the glory of God.

no longer a mere slave but something more than a slave ??a beloved brother; especially dear to me but how much more to you as a man and as a Christian!

Now that your obedience to the Truth has purified your souls for a brotherly love that is sincere, love one another heartily and steadily.

The lord

he dropped to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?"

You know the message he sent to the sons of Israel when he preached the gospel of peace by Jesus Christ (who is Lord of all);

Then he said, 'The God of our fathers has appointed you to know his will, to see the Just One, and to hear him speak with his own lips.

'Who are you?' I asked. And the Lord said, 'I am Jesus, and you are persecuting me.

he will turn many of the sons of Israel to the Lord their God,

To-day you have a saviour born in the town of David, the Lord messiah.

and finally he was seen by myself, by this so-called 'abortion' of an apostle.

That thou

Saul got up from the ground, but though his eyes were open he could see nothing; so they took his hand and led him to Damascus.

And be

and they were all filled with the holy Spirit ??they began to speak in foreign tongues, as the Spirit enabled them to express themselves.

At their prayer the place of meeting was shaken, and they were all filled with the holy Spirit, speaking God's word fearlessly;

Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the holy Spirit.

As for the disciples, they were filled with joy and the holy Spirit.

General references

and he has seen a man called Ananias enter and lay his hands upon him to bring back his sight."