13. Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man,
&c.--"The objections of Ananias, and the removal of them by the Lord,
display in a very touching manner the childlike relation of the
believing soul to its Redeemer. The Saviour speaks with Ananias as a man
does with his friend" [OLSHAUSEN].
how much evil he hath done to thy saints--"Thy saints," says
Ananias to Christ; therefore Christ is God [BENGEL]. So, in
Ac 9:14,
Ananias describes the disciples as "those that called on Christ's
name." See on
Ac 7:59, 60;
and compare
1Co 1:2.
JFB.
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