Ananias

(1) Punished for lying (Acts 5:1–6).

(2) A Christian disciple at Damascus who baptized Paul (Acts 9:10–18; 22:12).

(3) The high priest before whom Paul was brought by Caesar Lysias and who was one of Paul’s accusers at the hearing before Felix (Acts 23:2–5; 24:1). An evil person, he was finally murdered by the populace during a disturbance in Jerusalem.