Acts 9:13

“Then Ananias answered, Lord, etc.] Though Ananias knew that it was the Lord that spoke, and acknowledged his power and dominion, and expressed his readiness to obey his commands; yet there was a timidity in him, and which was the more inexcusable, that it should appear after the Lord had told him of the vision which Saul had had of him; and yet still he was fearful of putting himself into his hands, who had been so violent a persecutor; and therefore obliquely excuses himself, by observing what Saul had done at Jerusalem, and the powers he came with to Damascus: I have heard by many of this man; which shows that Ananias had been at Damascus some time, and was not an eyewitness of the havoc…”

“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 Act 9:14, Ananias describes the disciples as "those that called on Christ's name." See on Act 7:59-60; and compare Co1 1:2.”

“I have heard by many ... - This was in the vision, Acts 9:10. The passage of such a train of thoughts through the mind was perfectly natural at the command to go and search out Saul. There would instantly occur all that had been heard of his fury in persecution; and the expression here may indicate the state of a mind amazed that such a one should need his counsel, and afraid, perhaps, of entrusting himself to one thus bent on persecution. All this evidently passed in the dream or vision of Ananias, and perhaps cannot be considered as any deliberate unwillingness to go to him. It is clear, however, that such thoughts should have been banished, and that he should have gone at once to the…”

“But he answered - How natural it is to reason against God. Acts 9:14”

“Lord: Exo 4:13-19; Sa1 16:2; Kg1 18:9-14; Jer 20:9, Jer 20:10; Eze 3:14; Jon 1:2, Jon 1:3; Mat 10:16 how: Act 9:1, Act 8:3, Act 22:4, Act 22:19, Act 22:20, Act 26:10, Act 26:11; Ti1 1:13-15 Acts 9:14”