The words in a vision appear in different positions in various manuscripts and are omitted by some manuscripts, though all translations apparently include them. Regardless of whether this phrase is an original part of the Greek text, it may be included on translational grounds, since verse 10 makes it clear that what Ananias saw was in a vision.

Quoted with permission from Newman, Barclay M. and Nida, Eugene A. A Handbook on The Acts of the Apostles. (UBS Handbook Series). New York: UBS, 1972. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .