Acts 9:17 Cross References - Mace

¹⁷ Ananias therefore departed, and being arrived at the house, he put his hands on Saul, and said, brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus that appeared to you on your journey hither, hath sent me, that you might obtain your sight, and be filled with the holy spirit.

¹³ Then they brought children to him in order to have his blessing: and the disciples rebuked them.

⁵ so that excepting the cure of a few sick by the imposition of hands, he would not work any miracle there,

¹⁶ he shall convert many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God. ¹⁷ and he shall march before him, in the spirit and power of Elias, to reconcile parents and children together, and the unruly to the practice of justice, that the people may be duly dispos'd to receive the Lord.

⁷⁶ and you, dear babe, you shall be the prophet of the most high: for you shall go before the Lord, in order to prepare his way,

¹¹ for the Lord Messiah your saviour is this day born, in the city of David:

³⁰ whereas this son of yours, who has eat up his fortune among a pack of loose creatures, is no sooner come but you must kill the fatted calf for him.

³² but it was necessary to feast and rejoice, because your brother here was dead, and is again alive: he was lost and is now found.

⁴ and they were all filled with the holy ghost, and began to speak in different languages, as the spirit gave them utterance.

³¹ When they had prayed, the place where they were assembled, trembled; they were all filled with the holy spirit, and they spake the word of God with boldness.

⁶ these they presented to the apostles: who after prayer gave them imposition of hands.

¹⁷ Jesus) the apostles therefore gave them imposition of hands, and they received the holy spirit.

⁴ and he fell to the ground, and heard a voice which said to him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? ⁵ and he said, who art thou, Lord? and the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: [it is hard for thee to kick against the goad. Then trembling with the fright Saul said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? and the Lord said to him,]

⁸ at length Saul rose from the ground; and when he opened his eyes, he could not see: so that they led him by the hand, and brought him to Damascus, ⁹ where he was three days without sight, and did neither eat nor drink. ¹⁰ Now there was a disciple at Damascus, named Ananias, to whom the Lord said in a vision, Ananias! and he said, Lord, here I am. ¹¹ and the Lord said unto him, arise, and go to the street called Straight, and enquire at the house of Judas, for one Saul of Tarsus: for he is there at prayer. ¹² (at that very instant Saul saw in a vision the said Ananias come in, and put his hand on him, to restore his sight.) ¹³ then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard from many that this man has done a world of mischief to thy saints at Jerusalem: he is now here, ¹⁴ and is impower'd by the chief priests, to imprison all that make profession of thy name. ¹⁵ go, said the Lord to him: for he is the instrument I have chosen, to bear my name to the Gentiles, to kings, and to the children of Israel.

³⁶ this was what he communicated to the children of Israel, proclaiming salvation by Jesus Christ, who is the Lord of all mankind.

³ accordingly, after having fasted and prayed they gave them imposition of hands, and dismiss'd them.

⁵² and the disciples were filled with joy, and with the holy spirit.

⁶ and Paul having given them imposition of hands, the holy spirit came upon them, and they spoke foreign languages, and prophesied:

²⁰ upon hearing this, they gave glory to God: and thus address'd Paul, you see, brother, how many thousand believing Jews there are, all however zealous for the law.

¹² there one Ananias a religious observer of the law, who had the good word of all the Jews in that place, came to see me, ¹³ and being introduc'd, he said, brother Saul, receive thy sight. and instantly I saw him. ¹⁴ then he said, the God of our fathers has singled you out to be acquainted with his will, to see the just one, and to hear the words of his mouth:

¹⁵ I answer'd, who art thou, Lord? he said, "I am Jesus, whom thou persecutest.

⁷ wherefore be kindly affected to one another, as Christ was to you, that you might glorify God. ⁸ and last of all, he was seen by me too, who am as it were an abortive;

⁴⁷ the first man was formed from the dust of the earth: the second man was from heaven.

¹⁴ don't neglect the gift you have, which was given you with the ministerial charge, when you receiv'd imposition of hands from the presbytery.

²² Don't be hasty to ordain any man: and be not accessory to the faults of others: preserve your own integrity.

⁶ For which reason I remind you to exert the divine gifts you received, when I gave you the imposition of hands.

¹⁶ not as a slave, but in another quality, as a dear brother whom I particularly value, but much more should you, both as he is your servant, and as he is a christian.

² the doctrine of baptisms, and laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment:

²² You that have purified your souls by the holy spirit, in obeying the gospel, which obliges you to an undisguised benevolence, let your hearts be mutually affected with the most disinterested ardour; ²³ since your regeneration is not owing to any corruptible principles, but to the unchangeable word of the immortal God.