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

And one Ananias, a devout observer of the law, who had a good character from all the Jews that dwelt there,

And putting

These they set before the apostles; who, when they had prayed, laid their hands upon them.

and they received the holy Spirit.

Then having fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them they sent them away.

And as Paul laid his hands on them, the holy Spirit came upon them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied. And the men were in all about twelve.

Then were brought to Him little children, that He might put his hands upon them, and bless them: and the disciples rebuked them;

And He could do no miracle there, only laying his hands on a few sick people He healed them;

Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.

Lay hands on no man precipitately, and be not hereby a partaker in the sins of others. Keep thyself pure.

for which cause I remind thee to stir up the gift of God which is in thee through the imposition of my hands.

and of faith in God, of the doctrine of baptisms, and laying on of hands, and of the resurrection from the dead, and of eternal judgement: (tho' we will do this also, if God permit:)

Brother

And Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard from many of this man, how much mischief he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem:

And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said to him, Thou seest, brother, how many myriads there are of the believing Jews, and they are all zealous for the law.

came to me, and stood by me, and said, Brother Saul, look up: and I immediately looked up upon him.

but as soon as this thy son was come, who hath eaten up thy substance with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.

Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ hath received us, to the glory of God.

not now as a servant, but above a servant, a dear brother, especially to me, and how much more to thee both in the flesh and in the Lord.

Having therefore purified your souls by obedience to the truth, through the Spirit, to brotherly love unfeigned, love one another with a pure heart fervently:

The lord

and he fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

According to the declaration which He made to the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.

And he said, The God of our Fathers hath before appointed thee to know his will, and to see the just One, and to hear a voice from his mouth.

And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And He said, I am Jesus, whom thou persecutest.

and many of the children of Israel shall he convert unto the Lord their God.

that this day is born, in the city of David, your Saviour Christ the Lord.

And last of all He appeared to me also, as one born out of due time: for I am the lest of the apostles,

That thou

And Saul rose from the earth, but when he opened his eyes he could not see: so they led him by the hand, and brought him to Damascus.

And be

and they were all filled with the holy Spirit, and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

And when they had prayed, the place in which they were assembled was shaken; and they were all filled with the holy Spirit, and they spake the word of God with freedom.

and they received the holy Spirit.

And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the holy Spirit.

General references

for behold he is praying, and hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias, coming in and putting his hand upon him, that he might recover his sight.