Now in Damascus there was a disciple named Ananias; and the Lord said to him in a vision, “Ananias.” And he answered, “Here I am, Lord.”

Now a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property,

But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and [secretly] keep back for yourself some of the proceeds [from the sale] of the land?

And hearing these words, Ananias fell down suddenly and died; and great fear and awe gripped those who heard of it.

and in a vision he has seen a man named Ananias come in and place his hands on him, so that he may regain his sight.”

But Ananias answered, “Lord, I have heard from many people about this man, especially how much suffering and evil he has brought on Your saints (God’s people) at Jerusalem;

So Ananias left and entered the house, and he laid his hands on Saul and said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you came [to Damascus], has sent me so that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit [in order to proclaim Christ to both Jews and Gentiles].”

“And one Ananias, a devout man according to the standard of the Law, and well spoken of by all the Jews who lived there,

[At this] the high priest Ananias ordered those who stood beside him to strike Paul on the mouth.

Five days later, the high priest Ananias came down [from Jerusalem to Caesarea] with some elders and an attorney named Tertullus [acting as spokesman and counsel]. They presented to the governor their [formal] charges against Paul.