Ananias

Ananias is the Greek form of Hananiah (Hebrew for "Yahweh is gracious"), or Ananiah, a name occurring several times in the Old Testament and Apocrypha (Nehemiah 3:23, 1 Chronicles 15:23, Tobit 5:12. etc.), and three times in the New Testament. Special mention need be made only of the bearers of the name in the New Testament:

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• A member of the first Christian community, who, with his wife Sapphira, was miraculously punished by Peter with sudden death for hypocrisy and falsehood (Acts 5:1-10; cf. Joshua 7:1 ff.). See Ananias and Sapphira.
• A disciple at Damascus who figures in the story of the conversion and baptism of Paul (Acts 9:10-17, 22:12-16.)
• Son of Nedebaios (Josephus, Antiquites xx. 5. 2), a high priest who presided during the trial of Paul at Jerusalem and Caesarea (Acts 23:2, 24:1-5). He officiated as high priest from about AD 47 to 59. Quadratus, governor of Syria, accused him of being responsible for acts of violence. He was sent to Rome for trial (AD 52), but was acquitted by the emperor Claudius. Being a friend of the Romans, he was murdered by the people at the beginning of the Jewish war.

Greek: The noun Greek refers to:...

Old Testament: The Old Testament or the Hebrew Scriptures (also called the Hebrew Bible) constitutes the first major part of the Bible according to Christianity. It is usually divided into the categories of law, history, poetry (or wisdom books) and prophecy. All of these books were written before the birth of Jes...

Apocrypha: Apocrypha is a Greek word (απόκρυφα, neuter plural of απόκρυφος) and is formed by the combination of apo (away) with kryptein (hide). Thus it connotes the idea of "closed" or "hidden." (In this sense apocrypha is in...

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The Death of Sapphira and Ananias circa 1632

Death of Saphira Wife of Ananias