Acts 28:20

For this reason therefore I asked to see you and speak with you; it is because of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain.”

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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 when the Jews spoke against it, I was compelled to appeal to Caesar; not that I had anything about which to accuse my nation.

21So they said to him: “We have neither received letters from Judea concerning you, nor have any of the brothers who came reported or spoken any evil about you.

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Cross References

Acts 10:29Therefore also I came without objection as soon as I was sent for. So I ask, for what reason did you send for me?”

Acts 21:33Then the commander came up and took hold of him, commanded that he be bound with two chains, and started inquiring who he was and what he had done.

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

Acts 26:29So Paul said, “Whether sooner or later, I would to God that not only you but also all who are hearing me this day may become such as I am, except for these chains.”

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

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

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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