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Acts 9:13

Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, etc.—"The objections of Ananias, and the removal of them by the Lord, display in a very touching manner the childlike relation of the believing soul to its Redeemer. The Saviour speaks with Ananias as a man does with his friend" [OLSHAUSEN].

how much evil he hath done to thy saints—"Thy saints," says Ananias to Christ; therefore Christ is God [BENGEL]. So, in Acts 9:14, Ananias describes the disciples as "those that called on Christ's name." See on Acts 7:59-60; and compare I Corinthians 1:2.

Acts 9:10-16

a certain disciple . . . named Ananias—See on Acts 22:12.

to him said the Lord—that is, Jesus. (See Acts 9:13-14, Acts 9:17).

Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Acts 9:13:

Acts 9:10-16
1 Thessalonians 3:13

 

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