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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Acts 22:12

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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Ananias, a devout man, according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt there--One would not know from this description of Ananias that he was a Christian at all, the apostles object being to hold him up as unexceptionable, even to the most rigid Jews.
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