Acts 9:17

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“Ananias 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.””

— WEB

“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.”

— KJV

“And Ananias departed, and entered into the house; and laying his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, [even] Jesus, who appeared unto thee in the way which thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mayest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”

— ASV

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Acts 8:17 "Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit."
Acts 2:4 "They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other languages, as the Spirit gave them the ability to speak."
Acts 6:6 "whom they set before the apostles. When they had prayed, they laid their hands on them."
Acts 22:12-14 "One Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well reported of by all the Jews who lived in Damascus,"
1 Timothy 5:22 "Lay hands hastily on no one, neither be a participant in other men’s sins. Keep yourself pure."
Acts 13:52 "The disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit."
1 Peter 1:22-23 "Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another fr…"
Luke 1:76 "And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways,"

Commentary

Ananias went his way, and putting his hands on him, said, Brother Saul--How beautifully childlike is the obedience of Ananias to "the heavenly vision!" the Lord, even Jesus--This clearly shows in what sense the term "Lord" is used in this book. It is JESUS that is meant, as almost invariably in the Epistles also. who appeared unto thee in the way--This knowledge by an inhabitant of Damascus of what had happened to Saul before entering it, would show him at once that this was the man whom Jesus had already prepared him to expect. and be filled with the Holy Ghost--which Ananias probably, without any express instructions on that subject, took it for granted would descend upon him; and not necessarily after his baptism [BAUMGARTEN, WEBSTER and WILKINSON]--for Cornelius and his company received it before theirs (Act 10:44-48) --but perhaps immediately after the recovery of his sight by the laying on of Ananias' hands.

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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