“Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem:”
But Ananias answered, 'Lord, I have heard many reports about this man and all the harm he has done to your holy people here in Jerusalem.'—Ananias's protest is not disbelief but reasonable fear; his knowledge of Saul's reputation is accurate and public. Yet he expresses it respectfully to the Lord, showing the proper channel for human wisdom: present the objection, then await divine response. This models the relationship between faith and intelligence.
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