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Acts 22:13 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 13. 13Came unto me, and stood, and said unto me, Brother Saul, receive thy sight. And the same hour I looked up upon him.
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Role in This Section
Records Ananias restoring Paul's sight as brother Saul.
Read It With
- Acts 22:12–22:16
Acts 22:13 records Ananias restoring Paul's sight as brother Saul; within Acts 22:12–22:16, the controlling movement is that Paul describes Ananias as Torah-devout and respected by local Jews; Ananias restores his sight, announces divine choice and witness, and urges baptism and calling on the Lord's name.
Why It Needs Context
Records Ananias restoring Paul's sight as brother Saul. Its responsible force depends on the full sequence, speaker, narrator framing, and outcome of Acts 22:12–22:16; it is connective evidence rather than a complete standalone teaching.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Acts 22:12–22:16 — Ananias restores sight and names Paul's witnessSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and unit coverage.
Exact location: Acts 22:12–22:16, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: Greek wording and punctuation control, without pretending one edition is a complete apparatus.
Exact location: SBLGNT official text, Acts 22:12-22:16
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