“And hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in, and putting his hand on him, that he might receive his sight.”
'In a vision he has seen a man named Ananias come and place his hands on him to restore his sight.'—Christ's appearance to Saul in vision form is real as any physical resurrection encounter; the medium does not diminish the reality. The prophetic knowledge (Christ predicts to Saul what Ananias will do) creates a convergence of wills and visions that validates the entire sequence. Saul's 'seeing' is simultaneously literal and spiritual restoration.
Church Fathers on Acts 9:12
What may be the reason that He neither drew any one of high authority and importance, nor caused such to be forthcoming for the purpose of instructing Paul? It was, because it was not meet that he should be induced by men, but only by Christ Himself: as in fact this man taught him nothing, but merely baptized him; for, as soon as baptized (φωτισθείς), he was to draw upon himself the grace of the Spirit, by his zeal and exceeding earnestness. And that Ananias was no very…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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