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    2 others in the registry answer to the name Ananias. Every Ananias in the Bible

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    Ananias

    Ἀνανίας

    Ananias, a disciple in Damascus, was sent by God to heal and baptize Saul (later known as Paul) after his conversion on the road to Damascus.

    verses
    5
    first named
    Acts 9:10
    last named
    Acts 22:16
    period
    the New Testament
    role
    Man

    Description

    Who was Ananias?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Ananias was a disciple of Jesus Christ living in Damascus. After Saul's dramatic encounter with the risen Christ on the road to Damascus, Saul was left blind and was directed to go into the city to await further instructions. In a vision, the Lord told Ananias to go to the house where Saul was staying and lay hands on him to restore his sight. Initially hesitant due to Saul's reputation as a persecutor of the church, Ananias obeyed the Lord's command. He went to Saul, laid his hands on him, and conveyed the message that Jesus had sent him to restore Saul's sight and to fill him with the Holy Spirit. Ananias then baptized Saul, who later became known as Paul, the great apostle to the Gentiles. Ananias played a crucial role in the early days of Paul's Christian life, demonstrating faith and obedience to God's call.

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    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Ananias5 of 5 entities the graph connects to Ananias, in one group: events 5. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.Jesus1 event · 1,160 versesPaul5 events · 182 versesLaw1 event · 167 versesDamascus1 event · 55 versesVision1 event · 47 versesAnanias

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    Where the story of Ananias happensThe one place the claims about Ananias reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Straight. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Ananias there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Straight
    the New TestamentThe one place the claims about Ananias reach

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    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 5, across 1 book. The name is written 6 times in them.

    1. Acts5 verses

      9:109:129:139:1722:12

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    ElsewhereIsraelPatriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribesElsewhereDavidAnointed king of Israel, ancestor of Jesus ChristElsewhereJudahIsraelite tribe, kingdom, and province

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