Acts 28:20

For this reason, I called for you, that I might see you and speak to you; for on account of the hope of Israel, I am bound with this chain.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see you, and to speak with you: because that for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.

In Context

19But because the Jews spoke against it, I was compelled to appeal to Cæsar: not that I have any accusation to bring against my own nation.

21And they said to him: We have neither received letters from Judea concerning you, nor has any one of the brethren come, and reported or spoken any evil of you.

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Cross References

Acts 10:29For this reason, when I was sent for, I came without making objection. I ask, therefore, for what purpose have you sent for me?

Acts 21:33Then the officer came near and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains, and demanded who he was, and what he had done.

Acts 24:15having hope in God, which they themselves also admit, that I there will be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and of the unjust.

Acts 26:29And Paul replied: I could pray to God, that not only you, but also all that hear me to-day, were both almost and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.

Ephesians 3:1For this reason, I Paul, the prisoner of the Christ Jesus on account of you Gentiles,

Ephesians 6:20for which I am an ambassador in chains, that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

Matthew Henry on Acts 28:18-23

Paul at Rome. 17 And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said unto them, Men and brethren, though I have committed nothing against the people, or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans. 18 Who, when they had examined me, would have let me go, because there was no cause of death in me. 19 But when the Jews spake against it, I was constrained to appeal unto Cæsar; not that I… Read the whole commentary →

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