Acts 9:12 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 9:12

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

BSB

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ASV

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

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.

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Commentary

2 voices

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

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.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
εἶδεν	eiden	he saw	G1492 →
ἄνδρα	andra	a man	G435 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
ὁράματι	horamati	a vision	G3705 →
Ἁνανίαν	Hananian	Ananias	G367 →
ὀνόματι	onomati	named	G3686 →
εἰσελθόντα	eiselthonta	having come	G1525 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐπιθέντα	epithenta	having put	G2007 →
αὐτῷ	autō	on him	G846 →
τὰς	tas	the	G3588 →
χεῖρας,	cheiras	hands,	G5495 →
ὅπως	hopōs	so that	G3704 →
ἀναβλέψῃ.¶	anablepsē	he may see again.	G308 →

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Where the connections lead

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.

Through
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.”
leads to
- 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.
Through
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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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Acts

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Acts