Acts 28:20
For this cause therefore I called for you, to see and to speak with you; for on account of the hope of Israel I am compassed with this chain.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
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Acts 10:29Wherefore I also came without delay, when sent for. I ask therefore for what reason did ye send for me?
Acts 21:33Then the chief captain came near, and took hold of him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and inquired who he was, and what he had done.
Acts 24:15having a hope toward God, which these themselves also look for, that there will be a resurrection both of the just and unjust.
Acts 26:29And Paul said: I could pray God, that with little or much[26:29], not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, may become such as I am, except these bonds.
Ephesians 3:1FOR this cause I, Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,--
Ephesians 6:20for which I am an ambassador in bonds; that therein 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 →