Acts 22:12

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“One Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well reported of by all the Jews who lived in Damascus,”

— WEB

“And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt there,”

— KJV

“And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well reported of by all the Jews that dwelt there,”

— ASV

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Commentary

Ananias, a devout man, according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt there--One would not know from this description of Ananias that he was a Christian at all, the apostles object being to hold him up as unexceptionable, even to the most rigid Jews.

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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