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King James Version (KJV)
“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody
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And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, [even] Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost.
Acts 9:17 — KJV
Ananias went. He accepts the Lord’s assurances, and renders instant obedience.
Putting his hands. This act had a twofold purpose: (1) to heal (see Mark 16:18), and (2) to bestow the Holy Spirit (cf. on Acts 6:6). The act served to confirm Saul’s vision (ch. 9:12) and to identify his Heaven-sent visitor.
Brother Saul. The erstwhile persecutor had cut himself off from the Jewish authorities and had seemingly small prospects of being accepted by the Christians. Ananias’ use of the title “Brother” would therefore reassure him and set his fears at rest.
Ananias uses the same Hebrew (Aramaic) form of the name (Saoul) as Jesus had already employed in the vision on the way to Damascus (see on v. 4).
The Lord, even Jesus. This composite title combines the title Saul already had used for his heavenly interlocutor (v. 5) and Christ’s own identification of Himself as “Jesus” (v. 5). This also would reassure the stricken man.
That appeared. The fact that Ananias, hitherto unknown to Saul, already knew of the revelation on the Damascus road, must have confirmed to Saul the reality of what he had seen and heard.
Hath sent me. This links Paul’s vision along the way and the visit of Ananias. Saul could now expect the promised instruction (v. 6), of which a fuller report is given in ch. 22:14-16.
Receive thy sight. Literally, “look up,” meaning, regain thy sight. There is here a close relationship between the laying on of hands, the recovery of sight, and being filled with the Holy Spirit.
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