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The Death of Ananias, by Raphael, 1515, Raphael Cartoons. Ananias (/ ˌ æ n ə ˈ n aɪ. ə s /; Biblical Hebrew: חָנַנְיָהּ , romanized: Chānanyah) and his wife Sapphira (/ s ə ˈ f aɪ r ə /; סָפִירַה , Ṣafīrah) were, according to the biblical New Testament in Acts of the Apostles chapter 5, members of the early Christian church in Jerusalem.
References: The Paintings of Nicolas Poussin. A Critical Catalogue, 85 ; Nicolas Poussin : les tableaux du Louvre, 31; Nicholas Poussin catalogue raisonné, 1837, 149; Joconde work ID: 000PE002202
The narrative underlines the authority of Peter, who could see through the deception by Ananias and Sapphira (verses 3–5, 8–9) and highlights the spiritual authority of the "church" (Greek: ekklesia, first used in Acts in verse 11) in form of 'signs' of God (inducing 'great fear' in verses 5 and 11, as well as healing miracles in the next section). [6]
The following other wikis use this file: Usage on ca.wikipedia.org Nicolas Poussin; Usage on el.wikipedia.org Κατάλογος έργων του Νικολά Πουσέν
Ananias of Damascus (/ ˌ æ n ə ˈ n aɪ ə s / AN-ə-NY-əs; Ancient Greek: Ἀνανίας, romanized: Ananíās; Aramaic: ܚܢܢܝܐ, romanized: Ḥananyō; "favoured of the L ORD") was a disciple of Jesus in Damascus, mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles in the Bible, which describes how he was sent by Jesus to restore the sight of Saul of Tarsus (who later was called Paul the Apostle ...
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