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Ananias

Ananias (Disciple at Damascus)

Mentioned AD 35–60 traditional (Jones)

A Christian at Damascus (Acts 9:10). He became Paul’s instructor; but when or by what means he himself became a Christian we have no information.

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

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5 verses

Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).

Family

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Family tree of Ananias: two generations up and down, with partners and siblings.

Stories

1 event in which Ananias takes part, in order of the traditional chronology. Years are traditional (Jones).

  1. AD 32Saul is convertedActs 9:1-19

Places

Places named in the same verses as Ananias, with the number of verses they share; a larger marker means more. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification.

  1. likely location: Damascus1
  2. likely location: Jerusalem1

Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, AD 10–85, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

Timeline of Ananias’s mentions beside the people of the same era.

Mentions

Begat counts Ananias in 5 tagged verses in one book.

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  1. Acts5

The name in each translation

TextOccurrences of each name
BSBAnanias 11
KJVAnanias 11
ASVAnanias 11

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Every verse

All 5 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

Acts5 verses
  1. 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.

  2. 9:12

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

  3. 9:13

    But Ananias answered, “Lord, many people have told me about this man and all the harm he has done to Your saints in Jerusalem.

  4. 9:17

    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.”

  5. 22:12

    There a man named Ananias, a devout observer of the law who was highly regarded by all the Jews living there,

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.

A Christian at Damascus (Acts 9:10). He became Paul’s instructor; but when or by what means he himself became a Christian we have no information. He was “a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt” at Damascus (22:12).