What kind of man was Ananias in Acts 22?
Acts 22 presents Ananias as a devout man according to the Word and a Jew. He was a believing, law-keeping Jew who had not been told he was no longer under the Law but under grace. He maintained his Judaism while also recognizing that Jesus was the Christ.
Les explains that in Acts 22 Paul recounts his Damascus experience in the first person, many years later, to the multitude of Jews. Paul says he could not see because of the glory of that light and was led by the hand into Damascus. There one Ananias, a devout man according to the Word, was a Jew. Les teaches that Ananias was a believing but law-keeping Jew. No one had yet told Ananias that he was not under the Law but under grace. These Jewish believers had not been told to quit temple worship or stop legalism; they maintained their Judaism while also recognizing that Jesus was the Christ.
And when I could not see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of them that were with me, I came into Damascus.
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Who was Ananias?
Ananias was a believing Jew who still kept the Law.