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Ananias of Damascus</b><br><br>Ananias of Damascus is a significant figure in the New Testament, known for his role in the conversion of Saul of Tarsus, who later became the Apostle Paul. Ananias is described as a devout man according to the law, having a good reputation among all the Jews living in Damascus (<a href="/acts/22-12.htm">Acts 22:12</a>). His account is primarily found in <a href="/acts/9-10.htm">Acts 9:10-19</a>.<br><br>The Lord appeared to Ananias in a vision, instructing him to go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for Saul of Tarsus, who was praying and had seen a vision of Ananias coming to restore his sight (<a href="/acts/9-11.htm">Acts 9:11-12</a>). Despite his initial hesitation due to Saul's reputation for persecuting Christians, Ananias obeyed the Lord's command. He laid hands on Saul, saying, "Brother Saul, 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" (<a href="/acts/9-17.htm">Acts 9:17</a>). Immediately, something like scales fell from Saul's eyes, and he regained his sight, was baptized, and began his new life as a follower of Christ.<br><br>Ananias's obedience and faith played a crucial role in the early Christian church, as Saul, later known as Paul, became one of the most influential apostles, spreading the Gospel to the Gentiles and authoring many New Testament epistles.<br><br><b>2. Ananias and Sapphira</b><br><br>Another Ananias mentioned in the New Testament is known for a starkly different reason. Ananias, along with his wife Sapphira, is remembered for their deceit and the subsequent divine judgment they faced. Their account is recounted in <a href="/acts/5.htm">Acts 5:1-11</a>.<br><br>Ananias and Sapphira sold a piece of property and conspired to keep part of the proceeds for themselves while pretending to donate the entire amount to the apostles. Peter confronted Ananias, saying, "Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit and have kept for yourself some of the money you received for the land?" (<a href="/acts/5-3.htm">Acts 5:3</a>). Upon hearing these words, Ananias fell down and died, and great fear seized all who heard what had happened. Later, Sapphira also lied about the amount and met the same fate.<br><br>This account serves as a sobering reminder of the seriousness of sin and the importance of integrity within the Christian community. It underscores the belief that God desires honesty and transparency among His people.<br><br><b>3. Ananias, the High Priest</b><br><br>The third Ananias mentioned in the New Testament is Ananias, the high priest, who played a role in the trial of the Apostle Paul. This Ananias is noted for his hostility towards Paul and his involvement in the proceedings against him.<br><br>In <a href="/acts/23.htm">Acts 23:1-5</a>, Paul, standing before the Sanhedrin, declared his clear conscience before God. Ananias ordered those standing near Paul to strike him on the mouth. Paul responded, "God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! You sit there to judge me according to the law, yet you yourself violate the law by commanding that I be struck" (<a href="/acts/23-3.htm">Acts 23:3</a>). When Paul realized Ananias was the high priest, he expressed regret for speaking against him, citing the law's command not to speak evil about a ruler of the people.<br><br>Ananias's actions during this trial reflect the tension between the early Christian movement and the established Jewish religious authorities. His involvement in Paul's trial highlights the challenges faced by the early church in proclaiming the Gospel amidst opposition.<br><br>These three individuals named Ananias in the New Testament illustrate diverse aspects of faith, obedience, deceit, and opposition, each contributing uniquely to the narrative of the early Christian church.<a name="hit" id="hit"></a><div class="vheading2">Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Ananias</span><p>or Ananiah, the cloud of the Lord<a name="smi" id="smi"></a><div class="vheading2">Smith's Bible Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Ananias</span><p>(<i>whom Jehovah has graciously given</i>) <ol> <li>A high priest in (<a href="/acts/23-2.htm">Acts 23:2-5</a>; <a href="/acts/24-1.htm">24:1</a>) He was the son of Nebedaeus. He was nominated to the office by Herod king of Chalcis in A.D. 48; was deposed shortly before Felix left the province and assassinated by the Sicarii at the beginning of the last Jewish war.</li> <li>A disciple at Jerusalem, husband of Sapphira. (<a href="/acts/5-1.htm">Acts 5:1-11</a>) having sold his goods for the benefit of the church he kept back a part of the price, bringing to the apostles the remainder as if it was the whole, his wife being privy to the scheme. St. Peter denounced the fraud, and Ananias fell down and expired.</li> <li>A Jewish disciple at Damascus, (<a href="/acts/9-10.htm">Acts 9:10-17</a>) of high repute, (<a href="/acts/22-12.htm">Acts 22:12</a>) who sought out Saul during the period of blindness which followed his conversion, and announced to him his future commission as a preacher of the gospel. Tradition makes him to have been afterwarded bishop of Damascus, and to have died by martyrdom.</li> </ol><a name="amt" id="amt"></a><div class="vheading2">ATS Bible Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Ananias</span><p>1. A Jew of Jerusalem, the husband of Sapphira, who attempted to join the Christians, and pretended to give them the entire price of his lands, but died instantly on being convicted of falsehood by Peter, <a href="/context/acts/5-1.htm">Acts 5:1-10</a>. </p><p>2. A Christian of Damascus, who restored the sight of Paul, after his vision of the Savior, <a href="/context/acts/9-10.htm">Acts 9:10-17</a>; 22:12. </p><p>3. A high priest of the Jews, the son of Nebedaeus. He was sent as a prisoner to Rome by Quadratus, the governor of Syria, and Jonathon was appointed in his place; but being discharged by the emperor Claudius, he returned to Palestine, and Jonathon being murdered through the treachery of Felix, Ananias appears to have performed the functions of the high priest as a substitute, until Ishmael was appointed by Agrippa. It was he before whom with the Sanhedrin Paul was summoned, under Felix, and who ordered an attendant to smite Paul on the mouth. The apostle's prophetic denunciation in reply seems to have been fulfilled when, in the commencement of the siege of Jerusalem, the assassins burned the house of Ananias, and afterwards discovered his place of retreat in an aqueduct, and slew him, <a href="/acts/23-1.htm">Acts 23:1</a>; 24:1.</p><a name="eas" id="eas"></a><div class="vheading2">Easton's Bible Dictionary</div>A common Jewish name, the same as Hananiah. <p>(1.) One of the members of the church at Jerusalem, who conspired with his wife Sapphira to deceive the brethren, and who fell down and immediately expired after he had uttered the falsehood (<a href="/acts/5-5.htm">Acts 5:5</a>). By common agreement the members of the early Christian community devoted their property to the work of furthering the gospel and of assisting the poor and needy. The proceeds of the possessions they sold were placed at the disposal of the apostles (<a href="/acts/4-36.htm">Acts 4:36</a>, 37). Ananias might have kept his property had he so chosen; but he professed agreement with the brethren in the common purpose, and had of his own accord devoted it all, as he said, to these sacred ends. Yet he retained a part of it for his own ends, and thus lied in declaring that he had given it all. "The offence of Ananias and Sapphira showed contempt of God, vanity and ambition in the offenders, and utter disregard of the corruption which they were bringing into the society. Such sin, committed in despite of the light which they possessed, called for a special Mark of divine indignation."<p>(2.) A Christian at Damascus (<a href="/acts/9-10.htm">Acts 9:10</a>). He became Paul's instructor; but when or by what means he himself became a Christian we have no information. He was "a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt" at Damascus (<a href="/acts/22-12.htm">22:12</a>).<p>(3.) The high priest before whom Paul was brought in the procuratorship of Felix (<a href="/acts/23-2.htm">Acts 23:2</a>, 5, 24). He was so enraged at Paul's noble declaration, "I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day," that he commanded one of his attendants to smite him on the mouth. Smarting under this unprovoked insult, Paul quickly replied, "God shall smite thee, thou whited wall." Being reminded that Ananias was the high priest, to whose office all respect was to be paid, he answered, "I wist not, brethren, that he was the high priest" (<a href="/acts/23-5.htm">Acts 23:5</a>). This expression has occasioned some difficulty, as it is scarcely probable that Paul should have been ignorant of so public a fact. The expression may mean (a) that Paul had at the moment overlooked the honour due to the high priest; or (b), as others think, that Paul spoke ironically, as if he had said, "The high priest breaking the law! God's high priest a tyrant and a lawbreaker! I see a man in white robes, and have heard his voice, but surely it cannot, it ought not to be, the voice of the high priest." (See Dr. Lindsay on Acts, in loco.) (c) Others think that from defect of sight Paul could not observe that the speaker was the high priest. In all this, however, it may be explained, Paul, with all his excellency, comes short of the example of his divine Master, who, when he was reviled, reviled not again. <a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">ANANIAS (1)</span><p>an-a-ni'-as (Ananias; Westcott and Hort, The New Testament in Greek, Hananias; chananyah, "Yah has been gracious"): The name was common among the Jews. In its Hebrew form it is frequently found in the Old Testament (e.g. <a href="/1_chronicles/25-4.htm">1 Chronicles 25:4</a> <a href="/jeremiah/28-1.htm">Jeremiah 28:1</a> <a href="/daniel/1-6.htm">Daniel 1:6</a>).<br><br>See <a href="../h/hananiah.htm">HANANIAH</a>.<br><br>1. A Disciple at Jerusalem:<br><br>Husband of Sapphira (<a href="/acts/5-1.htm">Acts 5:1-10</a>). He and his wife sold their property, and gave to the common fund of the church part of the purchase money, pretending it was the whole. When his hypocrisy was denounced by Peter, Ananias fell down dead; and three hours later his wife met the same doom. The following points are of interest.<br><br>(1) The narrative immediately follows the account of the intense brotherliness of the believers resulting in a common fund, to which Barnabas had made a generous contribution (<a href="/acts/4-32.htm">Acts 4:32-37</a>). The sincerity and spontaneity of the gifts of Barnabas and the others set forth in dark relief the calculated deceit of Ananias. The brighter the light, the darker the shadow.<br><br>(2) The crime of Ananias consisted, not in his retaining a part, but in his pretending to give the whole. He was under no compulsion to give all, for the communism of the early church was not absolute, but purely voluntary (see especially <a href="/acts/5-4.htm">Acts 5:4</a>) Falsehood and hypocrisy ("lie to the Holy Spirit" <a href="/acts/5-3.htm">Acts 5:3</a>), rather than greed, were the sins for which he was so severely punished.<br><br>(3) The severity of the Judgment can be justified by the consideration that the act was "the first open venture of deliberate wickedness" (Meyer) within the church. The punishment was an "awe-inspiring act of Divine church-discipline." The narrative does not, however, imply that Peter consciously willed their death. His words were the occasion of it, but he was not the deliberate agent. Even the words in <a href="/acts/5-9.htm">Acts 5:9</a> are a prediction rather than a judicial sentence.<br><br>2. A Disciple at Damascus:<br><br>A disciple in Damascus, to whom the conversion of Saul of Tarsus was made known in a vision, and who was the instrument of his physical and spiritual restoration, and the means of introducing him to the other Christians in Damascus (<a href="/acts/9-10.htm">Acts 9:10-19</a>). Paul makes honorable mention of him in his account of his conversion spoken at Jerusalem (<a href="/acts/22-12.htm">Acts 22:12-16</a>), where we are told that Ananias was held in high respect by all the Jews in Damascus, on account of his strict legal piety. No mention is made of him in Paul's address before Agrippa in Caesarea (<a href="/nasb/acts/26.htm">Acts 26</a>). In late tradition, he is placed in the list of the seventy disciples of Jesus, and represented as bishop of Damascus, and as having died a martyr's death.<br><br>3. A High Priest at Jerusalem:<br><br>A high priest in Jerusalem from 47-59 A.D. From Josephus (Ant., XX, v, 2; vi, 2; ix, 2; BJ, II, xvii, 9) we glean the following facts: He was the son of Nedebaeus (or Nebedaeus) and was nominated to the high-priestly office by Herod of Chalcis. In 52 A.D. he was sent to Rome by Quadratus, legate of Syria, to answer a charge of oppression brought by the Samaritans, but the emperor Claudius acquitted him. On his return to Jerusalem, he resumed the office of high priest. He was deposed shortly before Felix left the province, but continued to wield great influence, which he used in a lawless and violent way. He was a typical Sadducee, wealthy, haughty, unscrupulous, filling his sacred office for purely selfish and political ends, anti-nationalist in his relation to the Jews, friendly to the Romans. He died an ignominious death, being assassinated by the popular zealots (sicarii) at the beginning of the last Jewish war. In the New Testament he figures in two passages.<br><br>(1) <a href="/acts/23-1.htm">Acts 23:1-5</a>, where Paul defends himself before the Sanhedrin. The overbearing conduct of Ananias in commanding Paul to be struck on the mouth was characteristic of the man. Paul's ire was for the moment aroused, and he hurled back the scornful epithet of "whited wall." On being called to account for "reviling God's high priest," he quickly recovered the control of his feelings, and said "I knew not, brethren, that he was high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of a ruler of thy people." This remark has greatly puzzled the commentators. The high priest could have been easily identified by his position and official seat as president of the Sanhedrin. Some have wrongly supposed that Ananias had lost his office during his trial at Rome, but had afterward usurped it during a vacancy (John Lightfoot, Michaelis, etc.). Others take the words as ironical, "How could I know as high priest one who acts so unworthily of his sacred office?" (so Calvin). Others (e.g. Alford, Plumptre) take it that owing to defective eyesight Paul knew not from whom the insolent words had come. Perhaps the simplest explanation is that Paul meant, "I did not for the moment bear in mind that I was addressing the high priest" (so Bengel, Neander, etc.).<br><br>(2) In <a href="/acts/24-1.htm">Acts 24:1</a> we find Ananias coming down to Caesarea in person, with a deputation from the Sanhedrin, to accuse Paul before Felix.<br><br>D. Miall Edwards<p><span class="encheading">ANANIAS (2)</span><p>(Apocrypha), an-a-ni'-as:<br><br>(1) Ananias, the Revised Version (British and American) Annis, the Revised Version, margin, Annias (1 Esdras 5:16). See <a href="../a/annis.htm">ANNIS</a>.<br><br>(2) A son of Emmer (1 Esdras 9:21) = Hanani, son of Immer in <a href="/ezra/10-20.htm">Ezra 10:20</a>.<br><br>(3) A son of Bebai (1 Esdras 9:29) = Hananiah in <a href="/ezra/10-28.htm">Ezra 10:28</a>. The two last are mentioned in the list of priests who were found to have strange wives.<br><br>(4) One of those who stood by Esdras while he read the law to the people (1 Esdras 9:43) = Anaiah in <a href="/nehemiah/8-4.htm">Nehemiah 8:4</a>.<br><br>(5) One of the Levites who explained the law to the people (1 Esdras 9:48) = Hanan in <a href="/nehemiah/8-7.htm">Nehemiah 8:7</a>.<br><br>(6) Ananias the Great, son of Shemaiah the Great; a kinsman of Tobit, whom Raphael the angel, disguised as a man, gave out to be his father (Tobit 5:12).<br><br>(7) Son of Gideon, mentioned as an ancestor of Judith (Judith 8:1).<br><br>(8) Another Ananias is mentioned in The So of the Three Children (Azariah) (verse 66).<br><br>D. Miall Edwards<p><a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/367.htm"><span class="l">367. <b>Ananias</b> -- <b>Ananias</b>, the name of three Israelites</span></a> <br><b>...</b> 366, 367. <b>Ananias</b>. 368 . <b>Ananias</b>, the name of three Israelites. Part<br> of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: <b>Ananias</b> Phonetic <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/367.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/4551.htm"><span class="l">4551. Sapphire -- Sapphira, a Christian woman</span></a> <br><b>...</b> of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: Sapphire Phonetic Spelling:<br> (sap-fi'-ray) Short Definition: Sapphira Definition: Sapphira, wife of <b>Ananias</b>, <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4551.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/452.htm"><span class="l">452. Hannas -- Annas, a high priest</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Annas. Of Hebrew origin (Chananyah); Annas (ie <b>Ananias</b>), an Israelite -- Annas.<br> see GREEK <b>Ananias</b>. see HEBREW Chananyah. (annan) -- 1 Occurrence. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/452.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/milligan/men_of_the_bible_some_lesser-known/ananias_and_sapphira.htm"><span class="l"><b>Ananias</b> and Sapphira</span></a> <br><b>...</b> <b>ANANIAS</b> AND SAPPHIRA. BY REV. <b>...</b> For what were <b>Ananias's</b> motives in acting as he did?<br> If we can discover them, we shall have the key to the whole story. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../milligan/men of the bible some lesser-known/ananias and sapphira.htm</font><p><a href="/library/dick/lectures_on_the_acts_of_the_apostles/lecture_vi_ananias_and_sapphira.htm"><span class="l"><b>Ananias</b> and Sapphira.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> LECTURES LECTURE VI. <b>ANANIAS</b> AND SAPPHIRA. Chap. v.1-11. WE have seen the<br> success of the Apostles in persuading many of the Jews <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../dick/lectures on the acts of the apostles/lecture vi ananias and sapphira.htm</font><p><a href="/library/cassian/the_works_of_john_cassian_/chapter_xxv_of_the_deaths.htm"><span class="l">Of the Deaths of <b>Ananias</b> and Sapphira, and Judas, which they <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Prolegomena. Chapter XXV. Of the deaths of <b>Ananias</b> and Sapphira, and Judas,<br> which they underwent through the impulse of covetousness. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter xxv of the deaths.htm</font><p><a href="/library/josephus/the_life_of_flavius_josephus/section_56_now_there_was.htm"><span class="l">Now There was one Whose Name was <b>Ananias</b> a Wicked Man He Was...</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Section 56. Now there was one whose name was <b>Ananias</b> a wicked man he was?<br> 56. Now there was one whose name was <b>Ananias</b> [a wicked <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../josephus/the life of flavius josephus/section 56 now there was.htm</font><p><a href="/library/unknown/the_decretals/ii_of_the_persons_by.htm"><span class="l">Of the Persons by Whom, and the Uses for Which, Ecclesiastical <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> But if any one act otherwise (which may God forbid), let him take care lest he meet<br> the condemnation of <b>Ananias</b> and Sapphira, and be found guilty of sacrilege <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/unknown/the decretals/ii of the persons by.htm</font><p><a href="/library/white/the_acts_of_the_apostles/lesson_7_a_warning_against.htm"><span class="l">A Warning against Hypocrisy</span></a> <br><b>...</b> In sharp contrast to the example of benevolence shown by the believers, was the<br> conduct of <b>Ananias</b> and Sapphira, whose experience, traced by the pen of <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../white/the acts of the apostles/lesson 7 a warning against.htm</font><p><a href="/library/unknown/acts_of_the_holy_apostle_thaddaeus/acts_of_the_holy_apostle.htm"><span class="l">Acts of the Holy Apostle Thadd??us,</span></a> <br><b>...</b> And about the days of the Passion and the plots of the Jews, Abgarus, being seized<br> by an incurable disease, sent a letter to Christ by <b>Ananias</b> the courier <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../unknown/acts of the holy apostle thaddaeus/acts of the holy apostle.htm</font><p><a href="/library/mcgarvey/a_commentary_on_acts_of_the_apostles/acts_v.htm"><span class="l">Acts V</span></a> <br><b>...</b> In contrast with the course of Barnabas, we are told: (1) "But a certain man named<br> <b>Ananias</b>, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, (2) and kept back part <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../christianbookshelf.org/mcgarvey/a commentary on acts of the apostles/acts v.htm</font><p><a href="/library/josephus/the_antiquities_of_the_jews/chapter_9_concerning_albinus_under.htm"><span class="l">Concerning Albinus under Whose Procuratorship James was Slain; as <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> But as for the high priest, <b>Ananias</b> [25] he increased in glory every day, and this<br> to a great degree, and had obtained the favor and esteem of the citizens in <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 9 concerning albinus under.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_the_acts/grace_triumphant.htm"><span class="l">Grace Triumphant</span></a> <br><b>...</b> And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named <b>Ananias</b>; and to him said the<br> Lord in a vision, <b>Ananias</b>. And he said, Behold. I am here, Lord.11. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture the acts/grace triumphant.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/a/ananias.htm"><span class="l"><b>Ananias</b> (11 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b><b>Ananias</b> might have kept his property had he so chosen; but he professed agreement<br> with the brethren in the common purpose, and had of his own accord devoted it <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/ananias.htm - 19k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/anani'as.htm"><span class="l">Anani'as (10 Occurrences)</span></a><br>Anani'as. <b>Ananias</b>, Anani'as. Ananiel . <b>...</b> Acts 5:1 And a certain man, <b>Ananias</b><br> by name, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, (See RSV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/anani'as.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/sapphira.htm"><span class="l">Sapphira (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Beautiful, the wife of <b>Ananias</b> (qv). <b>...</b> SAPPHIRA. sa-fi'-ra (shappira'; Aramaic for<br> either "beautiful" or "sapphire"; Sappheira): Wife of <b>Ananias</b> (Acts 5:1-10). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/sapphira.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/v/vision.htm"><span class="l">Vision (106 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Acts 9:10 Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus named <b>Ananias</b>. The<br> Lord said to him in a vision, "<b>Ananias</b>!" He said, "Behold <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/v/vision.htm - 45k</font><p><a href="/topical/i/it's.htm"><span class="l">It's (28 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Acts 9:10 Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus named <b>Ananias</b>. The Lord said<br> to him in a vision, "<b>Ananias</b>!" He said, "Behold, it's me, Lord." (WEB). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/i/it's.htm - 13k</font><p><a href="/topical/t/tertullus.htm"><span class="l">Tertullus (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> ter-tul'-us, ter- (Tertullos, diminutive of Latin tertius, "third"):, An orator<br> who descended with <b>Ananias</b> the high priest and elders from Jerusalem to <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/t/tertullus.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/r/regain.htm"><span class="l">Regain (12 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Acts 9:12 and in a vision he has seen a man named <b>Ananias</b> coming in, and laying<br> his hands on him, that he might receive his sight." (See NAS RSV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/regain.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/r/recover.htm"><span class="l">Recover (37 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> NAS RSV). Acts 9:12 He has seen a man called <b>Ananias</b> come and lay his hands<br> upon him so that he may recover his sight." (WEY). Acts 9 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/recover.htm - 21k</font><p><a href="/topical/d/devout.htm"><span class="l">Devout (13 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> is peculiar to Luke. Applied to Simeon (Luke 2:25), Cornelius (Acts<br> 10:2, 7), <b>Ananias</b> (Acts 22:12). "Devout proselytes" (Acts 13 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/devout.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/covetousness.htm"><span class="l">Covetousness (22 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> out after Israel had entered into the promised land (Achan, Jos 7); and also in<br> the early Christian church immediately after its founding (<b>Ananias</b> and Sapphira <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/covetousness.htm - 18k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Ananias-in-the-Bible.html">Who was Ananias in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Ananias-and-Sapphira.html">Why did God kill Ananias and Sapphira for lying? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/baptism-Acts-22-16.html">Does Acts 22:16 teach that baptism is necessary for salvation? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/ananias.htm">Ananias: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Ananias (11 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/5-1.htm">Acts 5:1</a></span><br />But a certain man named <span class="boldtext">Ananias</span>, with Sapphira, his wife, sold a possession,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/5-3.htm">Acts 5:3</a></span><br />But Peter said, "<span class="boldtext">Ananias</span>, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the price of the land?<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/5-5.htm">Acts 5:5</a></span><br /><span class="boldtext">Ananias</span>, hearing these words, fell down and died. Great fear came on all who heard these things.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/5-8.htm">Acts 5:8</a></span><br />Peter answered her, "Tell me whether you sold the land for so much." She said, "Yes, for so much."<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/9-10.htm">Acts 9:10</a></span><br />Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus named <span class="boldtext">Ananias</span>. The Lord said to him in a vision, "Ananias!" He said, "Behold, it's me, Lord."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/9-12.htm">Acts 9:12</a></span><br />and in a vision he has seen a man named <span class="boldtext">Ananias</span> coming in, and laying his hands on him, that he might receive his sight."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/9-13.htm">Acts 9:13</a></span><br />But <span class="boldtext">Ananias</span> answered, "Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much evil he did to your saints at Jerusalem.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/9-17.htm">Acts 9:17</a></span><br /><span class="boldtext">Ananias</span> departed, and entered into the house. Laying his hands on him, he said, "Brother Saul, the Lord, who appeared to you on the road by which you came, has sent me, that you may receive your sight, and be filled with the Holy Spirit."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/22-12.htm">Acts 22:12</a></span><br />One <span class="boldtext">Ananias</span>, a devout man according to the law, well reported of by all the Jews who lived in Damascus,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/23-2.htm">Acts 23:2</a></span><br />The high priest, <span class="boldtext">Ananias</span>, commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/24-1.htm">Acts 24:1</a></span><br />After five days, the high priest, <span class="boldtext">Ananias</span>, came down with certain elders and an orator, one Tertullus. They informed the governor against Paul.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/a/ananias.htm">Ananias</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/a/ananias--a_christian_in_damascus.htm">Ananias: A Christian in Damascus</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/a/ananias--a_covetous_member_of_church_at_jerusalem--falsehood_and_death_of.htm">Ananias: A Covetous Member of Church at Jerusalem--Falsehood and Death of</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/a/ananias--high_priest,_before_whom_paul_was_tried.htm">Ananias: High Priest, Before Whom Paul Was Tried</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/a/ananias.htm">Ananias (11 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/a/ananiel.htm">Ananiel</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/naves/a/ananiah--town_of_benjamin.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Ananiah: Town of Benjamin"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Ananiah: Town of Benjamin" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/a/anani'as.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Anani'as"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Anani'as" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /> <div align="center"> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>