Acts Chapter 22 verse 12 Holy Bible
And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well reported of by all the Jews that dwelt there,
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And one Ananias, a God-fearing man, who kept the law, and of whom all the Jews in that place had a high opinion,
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And a certain Ananias, a pious man according to the law, borne witness to by all the Jews who dwelt [there],
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And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt there,
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One Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well reported of by all the Jews who lived in Damascus,
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and a certain one, Ananias, a pious man according to the law, being testified to by all the Jews dwelling `there',
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 12. - Well reported of by for having a good report of, A.V.; that for which, A.V. Well reported of (μαρτυρούμενος); see Acts 6:3, note.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(12) A devout man according to the law.--In Acts 9:10, Ananias is simply described as "a disciple." The special description here was obviously given with a view to conciliate those who were listening to the speech. One, such as Ananias was, was not likely to have connected himself with a profane blasphemer, nor to have received the converted persecutor except on evidence that the change had come from God. St. Paul naturally confines himself to what came within his own experience, and does not dwell on the vision which had been seen by Ananias.
