Ananias
And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and
putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, [even]
Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath
sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled
with the Holy Ghost....
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But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to
lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back [part] of the price of
the land?...
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And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the
elders, and [with] a certain orator [named] Tertullus, who
informed the governor against Paul....
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is the Greek form of Hananiah (Hebrew for "Yahweh is
gracious"), or Ananiah, a name occurring twice in the Tanakh
(Nehemiah 3:23, 1 Chronicles 15:23), and several times in the
New Testament and Apocrypha....
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A high priest in Jerusalem from 47-59 AD. From Josephus
(Ant., XX, v, 2; vi, 2; ix, 2; BJ, II, xvii, 9) we glean the
following facts: He was the son of Nedebaeus (or Nebedaeus)
and was nominated to the high-priestly office by Herod of
Chalcis. In 52 AD he was sent to Rome by Quadratus, legate
of Syria, to answer a charge of oppression bro...
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1. High priest, before whom Paul was tried
Ac 23:2-5; 24:1; 25:2
-2. A covetous member of church at Jerusalem. Falsehood and
death of
Ac 5:1-11
-3. A Christian in Damascus
Ac 9:10-18; 22:12-16...
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(whom Jehovah has graciously given)
1. A high priest in Ac 23:2-5; 24:1 He was the son of
Nebedaeus. He was nominated to the office by Herod king of
Chalcis in A.D. 48; was deposed shortly before Felix left the
province and assassinated by the Sicarii at the beginning of
the last Jewish war.
2. A disciple at Jerusalem, husband of Sapphira. Ac...
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a common Jewish name, the same as Hananiah. (1.) One of the
members of the church at Jerusalem, who conspired
with his wife
Sapphira to deceive the brethren, and who fell down
and
immediately expired after he had uttered the
falsehood (Acts
5:5). By common agreement the members of the early
Christian
community devoted their property to the...
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1. High priest (Acts 23:2, etc.; Acts 24:1). Son of
Zebedaeus, succeeded Joseph, son of Camydus, and was
followed by Ismael, son of Phabi Herod, king of Chalcis A.D.
48, appointed him. The prefect Ummidius Quadratus in A.D. 52
sent him to be tried before the emperor Claudius on the
charge of oppressing the Samaritans. Cumanus the procurator,
...
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