Acts 9:12

12 In a vision he has seen a man named Ananias come and place his hands on him to restore his sight.”

Acts 9:12 in Other Translations

KJV
12 And hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in, and putting his hand on him, that he might receive his sight.
ESV
12 and he has seen in a vision a man named Ananias come in and lay his hands on him so that he might regain his sight."
NLT
12 I have shown him a vision of a man named Ananias coming in and laying hands on him so he can see again.”
MSG
12 He has just had a dream in which he saw a man named Ananias enter the house and lay hands on him so he could see again."
CSB
12 In a vision he has seen a man named Ananias coming in and placing his hands on him so he may regain his sight."

Acts 9:12 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 9:12

And hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias
Some read this verse in a parenthesis, and take them to be the words of Luke the historian; but it is rather a continuation of the words of Christ, telling Ananias, for his greater encouragement to go to Saul, that he had seen him in a vision, and had knowledge both of his person, and of his name, and of what he was to do to him; for in the vision or dream, he had been represented to him as

coming in;
to the house, and into the room where he was:

and putting his hand on him, that he might receive his sight;
without which he had been three days, and which he did receive upon Ananias's putting his hands on him.

Acts 9:12 In-Context

10 In Damascus there was a disciple named Ananias. The Lord called to him in a vision, “Ananias!”“Yes, Lord,” he answered.
11 The Lord told him, “Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying.
12 In a vision he has seen a man named Ananias come and place his hands on him to restore his sight.”
13 “Lord,” Ananias answered, “I have heard many reports about this man and all the harm he has done to your holy people in Jerusalem.
14 And he has come here with authority from the chief priests to arrest all who call on your name.”

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