Acts 9:12

In a vision he has seen a man named Ananias come and place his hands on him to restore his sight.”

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KJV

And hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in, and putting his hand on him, that he might receive his sight.

ASV

and he hath seen a man named Ananias coming in, and laying his hands on him, that he might receive his sight.

YLT

and he saw in a vision a man, by name Ananias, coming in, and putting a hand on him, that he may see again.'

DBT

and has seen [in a vision] a man by name Ananias coming in and putting his hand on him, so that he should see.

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For he could not see bodily, since he was blind.

Oecumenius· Commentary on Acts, 550patristic

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And hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias,....

John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)reformed

Hath seen in a vision - While God prepares Ananias, by a vision, to go and minister to Saul, he at the same time prepares Saul, by another vision, to profit by this ministry.

Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832evangelical

And hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias, &c.--Thus, as in the case of Cornelius and Peter afterwards, there was a mutual preparation of each for each.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

He had, in prayer, spread the misery of his own case before God, and God presently manifests himself and the kind intentions of his grace to him; and it is very encouraging to know God's thoughts to us-ward. [2.] As designed to raise his expectations, and to make Ananias's coming more welcome to him.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Mark 5:23
and pleaded with Him urgently, “My little daughter is near death. Please come and place Your hands on her, so that she will be healed and live.”
Acts 9:10
In Damascus there was a disciple named Ananias. The Lord spoke to him in a vision, “Ananias!” “Here I am, Lord,” he answered.
Acts 9:17–18
So Ananias went to the house, and when he arrived, he placed his hands on Saul. “Brother Saul,” he said, “the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here, has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

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Mark 5:23
and pleaded with Him urgently, “My little daughter is near death. Please come and place Your hands on her, so that she will be healed and live.”
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- Luke 13:13
  Then He placed His hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and began to glorify God.
- Luke 4:40
  At sunset, all who were ill with various diseases were brought to Jesus, and laying His hands on each one, He healed them.
- Mark 16:18
  they will pick up snakes with their hands, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not harm them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will be made well.”
- Acts 28:8
  The father of Publius was sick in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him, and after praying and placing his hands on him, he healed the man.
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Acts 9:10
In Damascus there was a disciple named Ananias. The Lord spoke to him in a vision, “Ananias!” “Here I am, Lord,” he answered.
leads to
- Genesis 22:1
  Some time later God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he answered.
- Acts 10:3
  One day at about the ninth hour, he had a clear vision of an angel of God who came to him and said, “Cornelius!”
- Acts 22:12
  There a man named Ananias, a devout observer of the law who was highly regarded by all the Jews living there,
- Isaiah 6:8
  Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying: “Whom shall I send? Who will go for Us?” And I said: “Here am I. Send me!”

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