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Ananias (Disciple at Damascus)

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  • Saul is converted · 32 AD

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

A Christian at Damascus (Acts 9:10). He became Paul’s instructor; but when or by what means he himself became a Christian we have no information. He was “a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt” at Damascus (22:12).

From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.

Named in 5 verses

Acts
9:10, 9:12, 9:13, 9:17, 22:12

The family, dates and events on this page come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. It is a work in progress, and its dates follow one reconstruction of biblical chronology among several. The dictionary article above is separately in the public domain.