Acts 28:20

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

Noyes Bible

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 constrained to appeal to Caesar; not that I had any charge to bring against my nation.

21And they said to him, We neither received letters from Judea concerning thee, nor did any one of the brethren that came report or speak any evil of thee.

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Cross References

Acts 10:29Wherefore I came without objection, when sent for. I ask therefore, for what reason did ye send for me?

Acts 21:33Then the chief captain came near and laid 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 in God, which they themselves also entertain, that there will be a resurrection both of the righteous and the unrighteous.

Acts 26:29And Paul said, I would to God, that with little effort or with great, not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, might be made such as I am, except these bonds.

Ephesians 3:1For this cause [[I bend my knees]], I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you gentiles;

Ephesians 6:20in behalf of which I am an ambassador in chains; that I may proclaim it 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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