Acts 9:12 (WEB)
and in a vision he has seen a man named Ananias coming in and laying his hands on him, that he might receive his sight.”
Catechism · 1
“The Apostle speaks here of the living tradition of the Resurrection which he had learned after his conversion at the gates of Damascus.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Acts 9:3-18.
Fathers and councils · 5
Ambrose of Milan
“Was Paul deceived, who received his sight, because he believed; which sight he had lost, before he believed?” — editor's note: Acts ix. 12.
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Augustine of Hippo
“…was grievously persecuting those who had become believers in Christ, did Christ call that man [by a voice] from heaven, and made him His disciple and apostle.” — editor's note: Acts ix. 1–30.
Read the whole comment“…then doubtless some such thing took place, as that is which we read in the Acts of the Apostles, where the Lord Jesus speaks to Ananias concerning Saul, and informs him that Saul has seen Ananias coming unto him, while Ananias himself wist not of it.” — editor's note: Acts ix. 12
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Jerome
“If Paul, that ravening wolf, that little Benjamin, is blinded in a trance, it is that he may receive his sight, and may be led, by the sudden horror of surrounding darkness, to call Him Lord Whom before he persecuted as man.” — editor's note: Acts ix. 3–18.
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Tertullian
“That point excepted, he had sufficiently learnt and believed “the Nazarene” to be “the Lord, the Son of God.”” — editor's note: See Acts ix. 1–31.
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Cross-references · 2
Cited together in On Care to Be Had for the Dead Chapter 21.
Cited together in On Care to Be Had for the Dead Chapter 21.