Acts 9:12

Modern

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

Traditional

And hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in, and putting his hand on him, that he might receive his sight.

Literal

…and he saw in a vision a man named Ananias having come and having put the hands on him so that he might see again.”

Latin

(Et vidit virum Ananiam nomine, introëuntem, et imponentem sibi manus ut visum recipiat.)

Greek

English

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

The conversion of Saul of Tarsus on the Damascus road is central to the story in Acts. Luke tells the story three times (also 22:1–21; 26:1–29). Paul (Saul) mentions this experience several times in his letters (1 Corinthians 15:8–10; Galatians 1:11–17; Philippians 3:4–11; see 1 Timothy 1:12–17). Saul’s conversion was his call as a prophet and commission as an apostle (Acts 9:15; 22:15, 21; 26:15–18). No one is beyond God's power to reach, save, and use for holy purposes. Nothing is impossible with God (Luke 1:37). God prepared Paul through his training, childhood, and experience to play a unique role in proclaiming the gospel to the wider world as the “apostle to the Gentiles” (Romans 11:13; see 1 Corinthians 15:9; 2 Corinthians 12:11–12; Galatians 1:1; Ephesians 3:8).

Theme notes and profiles

Mark 5:23
…and pleaded with Him urgently, “My little daughter is near death. Please come and place Your hands on her, so that she will be healed and live.”
Acts 9:10
In Damascus there was a disciple named Ananias. The Lord spoke to him in a vision, “Ananias!” “Here I am, Lord,” he answered.
Acts 9:17–18
So Ananias went to the house, and when he arrived, he placed his hands on Saul. “Brother Saul,” he said, “the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here, has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”

Ananias: Disciple in Damascus, baptized Saul (Paul)