And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost. (Acts 9:17)
This links Paul’s vision along the way and the visit of Ananias. Saul could now expect the promised instruction (v. 6), of which a fuller report is given in ch. 22:14-16.
Receive thy sight.
Literally, “look up,” meaning, regain thy sight. There is here a close relationship between the laying on of hands, the recovery of sight, and being filled with the Holy Spirit.
The fact that Ananias, hitherto unknown to Saul, already knew of the revelation on the Damascus road, must have confirmed to Saul the reality of what he had seen and heard.
The Lord, even Jesus.
This composite title combines the title Saul already had used for his heavenly interlocutor (v. 5) and Christ’s own identification of Himself as “Jesus” (v. 5). This also would reassure the stricken man.
Brother Saul.
The erstwhile persecutor had cut himself off from the Jewish authorities and had seemingly small prospects of being accepted by the Christians. Ananias’ use of the title “Brother” would therefore reassure him and set his fears at rest. Ananias uses the same Hebrew (Aramaic) form of the name (Saoul) as Jesus had already employed in the vision on the way to Damascus (see on v. 4).