I have heard by[from] many, &c. These words seem to point to a longer residence of Ananias in Damascus than he could have made if he had only left Jerusalem after the death of Stephen; and so do the words (Acts 22:12) which speak of his good report among all the Jews that dwelt at Damascus.

how much evil he hath done to thy saints, &c. The Christian converts were probably called "saints," i.e. "holy persons," at a very early period after the death of Christ because of the marvellous outpourings of the Holy Spirit upon the first converts, cp. 1 Peter 1:15. The word is of frequent occurrence in the greetings of St Paul's Epistles.

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