Acts 9:12

and he has seen in a vision ¹  a man named Ananias come in and place his hands on him so that he may see again.”

biblegateway Act 9:12

In a vision he has seen a man named Ananias come and place his hands on him to restore his sight."

biblegateway Act 9:12

and he has seen in a vision a man named Ananias come in and lay his hands on him, so that he might regain his sight."

biblegateway Act 9:12

I have shown him a vision of a man named Ananias coming in and laying his hands on him so that he can see again."

biblegateway Act 9:12

He has just had a dream in which he saw a man named Ananias enter the house and lay hands on him so he could see again."

SABDAweb Act 9:12

And he has seen a man named Ananias coming in and putting his hands on him, so that he may be able to see.

bibleoremus Act 9:12

and he has seen in a vision a man named Ananias come in and lay his hands on him so that he might regain his sight."

biblegateway Act 9:12

"And in a vision he has seen a man named Ananias coming in and putting his hand on him, so that he might receive his sight."

biblegateway Act 9:12

and he has seen in a vision ¹  a man named Ananias come in and place his hands on him so that he may see again.”

¹ tc ‡ The words ἐν ὀράματι (en oramati, “in a vision”) are not found in some of the earliest and best mss (Ì⁷⁴ א A 81 pc lat sa bo), but are implied from the context. The phrase is included, although sometimes in a different order with ἄνδρα (andra, “man”) or omitting ἄνδρα altogether, by B C E Ψ 33 1175 1739 Ï. The order of words in NA²⁷, ἄνδρα ἐν ὁράματι, is supported only by B C 1175. Generally speaking, when there are three or more variants, with one an omission and the others involving rearrangements, the longer readings are later scribal additions. Further, the reading looks like a clarifying note, for an earlier vision is explicitly mentioned in v. 10. On the other hand, it is possible that some scribes deleted the words because of perceived repetition, though this is unlikely since it is a different vision two verses back. It is also possible that some scribes could have confused ὁράματι with ὀνόματι (onomati, “name”); TCGNT 319 notes that several mss place ονόματι before ᾿Ανανίαν (Ananian, “Ananias”) while a few others drop ὀνόματι altogether. The Sahidic mss are among those that drop the word, however, and they also lack ἐν ὁράματι; all that is left is one version and father that drops ὀνόματι. Perhaps the best argument for the authenticity of the phrase is that B C 1175 preserve a rare, distinctively Lukan word order, but this is not nearly as harsh or unusual as what Luke does elsewhere. A decision is difficult in this case, but on balance the omission of the phrase seems to be authentic. The words are nevertheless added in the translation because of contextual considerations. NA²⁷ places the words in brackets, indicating doubts as to their authenticity.

¹ sn Apparently while in Damascus Paul had a subsequent vision in the midst of his blindness, fulfilling the prediction in 9:6.