KJV: And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt there,
YLT: and a certain one, Ananias, a pious man according to the law, being testified to by all the Jews dwelling there,
Darby: And a certain Ananias, a pious man according to the law, borne witness to by all the Jews who dwelt there,
ASV: And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well reported of by all the Jews that dwelt there,
Ἁνανίας | Ananias |
Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: Ἁνανίας Sense: a certain Christian at Jerusalem, the husband of Sapphira Acts 5:–6. |
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τις | certain |
Parse: Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: τὶς Sense: a certain, a certain one. |
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ἀνὴρ | a man |
Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: ἀνήρ Sense: with reference to sex. |
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εὐλαβὴς | devout |
Parse: Adjective, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: εὐλαβής Sense: taking hold well. |
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κατὰ | according to |
Parse: Preposition Root: κατά Sense: down from, through out. |
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νόμον | law |
Parse: Noun, Accusative Masculine Singular Root: νόμος Sense: anything established, anything received by usage, a custom, a law, a command. |
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μαρτυρούμενος | borne witness to |
Parse: Verb, Present Participle Middle or Passive, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: μαρτυρέω Sense: to be a witness, to bear witness, i.e. to affirm that one has seen or heard or experienced something, or that he knows it because taught by divine revelation or inspiration. |
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κατοικούντων | dwelling [there] |
Parse: Verb, Present Participle Active, Genitive Masculine Plural Root: κατοικέω Sense: to dwell, settle. |
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Ἰουδαίων | Jews |
Parse: Adjective, Genitive Masculine Plural Root: Ἰουδαῖος Sense: Jewish, belonging to the Jewish race. |
Greek Commentary for Acts 22:12
See note on Acts 2:5, note on Acts 8:2, and note on Luke 2:25 for the adjective ευλαβης eulabēs Paul adds “according to the law” to show that he was introduced to Christianity by a devout Jew and no law-breaker (Lewin). [source]
In Acts 9:10, he is called a disciple. Paul here “affirms that he was not introduced to Christianity by an opponent of Judaism, but by a strict Jew” (Gloag). [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Acts 22:12
Used only by Luke (Acts 2:5; Acts 8:2; Acts 22:12) in the N.T. Common in ancient Greek from Plato on. It means taking hold well or carefully (ευ eu and λαβειν labein) and so reverently, circumspectly. [source]
Only here in the New Testament. The kindred word, θεοσέβεια , godliness, occurs only at 1 Timothy 2:10. Compounded with Θεός , God, and σέβομαι , to worship, the same verb which appears in εὐσεβής , devout (Acts 10:2, Acts 10:7; Acts 22:12), and εὐσέβεια , godliness (Acts 3:12; 1 Timothy 2:2, etc.). See on 2 Peter 1:3. These two latter words, while they may mean reverence toward God, may also mean the due fulfillment of human relations; while θεοσεβὴς , worshipper of God, is limited to piety towards God. [source]
Only four times in the N.T. (Luke 2:25; Acts 2:5; Acts 8:2; Acts 22:12). Possibly some non-Christian Jews helped. The burial took place before the Christians were chiefly scattered. [source]
Name common enough (cf. Acts 5:1 for another Ananias) and means “Jehovah is gracious.” Nomen et omen (Knowling). This Ananias had the respect of both Jews and Christians in Damascus (Acts 22:12). [source]
Zeller and others scout the idea of the historicity of this vision as supernatural. Even Furneaux holds that “it is a characteristic of the Jewish Christian sources to point out the Providential ordering of events by the literary device of a vision,” as “in the early chapters of Matthew‘s and Luke‘s Gospels.” He is content with this “beautiful expression of the belief” with no interest in the actual facts. But that is plain illusion, not to say delusion, and makes both Paul and Luke deceived by the story of Ananias (Acts 9:10-18; Acts 22:12-16, Acts 22:26). One MS. of the old Latin Version does omit the vision to Ananias and that is basis enough for those who deny the supernatural aspects of Christianity. [source]