Charles Ellicott Commentary Acts 9:12

"and he hath seen a man named Ananias coming in, and laying his hands on him, that he might receive his sight." — Acts 9:12 (ASV)

And has seen in a vision a man named Ananias.—The coincidence of the two visions has seemed to some critics, as afterwards in the history of Cornelius, to betray something like the skill of the artistic historian. To those who reject the supernatural altogether, this may, of course, seem a short and easy explanation. To those who have not brought themselves to that point of denial, it will not seem strange that there should be in the work of the highest Designer the same unity of purpose and convergence of varied means which rouse our admiration in works of human skill. For Ananias what he was now told was an implied command that he should fulfill the vision thus reported to him.