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Acts 22:13

in Acts 22

came and stood beside me. ‘Brother Saul,’ he said, ‘receive your sight.’ And at that moment I could see him.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

came unto me, and standing by me said unto me, Brother Saul, receive thy sight. And in that very hour I looked up on him.

KJV

Came unto me, and stood, and said unto me, Brother Saul, receive thy sight. And the same hour I looked up upon him.

This verse in Acts 22

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

a devout observer of the law

on Acts 22:12-13

Paul describes Ananias as a devout observer of the law, highly regarded by all the Jews living there. The detail, chosen for this audience, presents his baptism as the work of a Torah-observant Jew.

This site's exposition

Brother Saul

Matthew Henry sees one Lord at work in the wound and the cure, for the Christ who took Saul's sight sent Ananias to restore it. Ananias stood beside him to show that he came from that Lord. Sight returned the same hour.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

John Chrysostom

Homily on Acts 47 · Written before 407.

proposed

"And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt there, came unto me, and stood, and said unto me, Brother Saul, receive thy sight. And the same hour I looked up upon him." And see how unexceptionable he makes him also. "And one Ananias," he says, "a devout man according to the law," - so far is it from being anything alien! - "having a good report of all the Jews that dwelt there." "And I in the same hour received sight." Then follows the testimony borne by the facts. Observe how it is interwoven, of persons and facts; and the persons, both of their own and of aliens: the priests, the elders, and his fellow-travellers: the facts, what he did and what was done to him: and facts bear witness to facts, not persons only. Then Ananias, an alien; then the fact itself, the recovery of sight; then a great prophecy.

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

); and, to assure him that he came to him from Christ (the very same who had torn and would heal him, had smitten, but would bind him up, had taken away his sight, but would restore it again, with advantage), he stood by him, and said, Brother Saul, receive thy sight.

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The words behind it

17 Greek words

Every Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

5 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Philemon 1:16

    no longer as a slave, but better than a slave, as a beloved brother. He is especially beloved to me, but even more so to you, both in person and in the Lord.

    it leads to

    • Matthew 23:8

      But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers.

    • Colossians 3:22

      Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything, not only to please them while they are watching, but with sincerity of heart and fear of the Lord.

    • 1 Corinthians 7:22

      For he who was a slave when he was called by the Lord is the Lord’s freedman. Conversely, he who was a free man when he was called is Christ’s slave.

    • 1 Timothy 6:2

      Those who have believing masters should not show disrespect because they are brothers, but should serve them all the more, since those receiving their good service are beloved believers. Teach and encourage these principles.

    • Ephesians 6:5–7

      Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear and sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ.

Where this verse is studied

About Acts

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Chrysostom, Homily on Acts 47; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.