Acts 28:20

That is why I have asked to see you and speak with you, for it is on account of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain.”

Text-Critical English NT

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 objected, I was forced to appeal to Caesar, not that I had any accusation to make against my own nation.

21They said to him, “We have received no letters from Judea about yoʋ, and none of the brothers who have come here have reported or spoken anything bad about yoʋ.

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Cross References

Acts 10:29That is why I came without objection when I was sent for. I ask then, what is the reason you have sent for me?”

Acts 21:33Then the commander came up, took him into custody, and commanded him to be bound with two chains. He then asked who he was and what he had done.

Acts 24:15having a hope in God, which these men themselves also accept, that there will be a resurrection of the dead, both of the righteous and the unrighteous.

Acts 26:29Paul said, “Whether quickly or not, I pray to God that not only yoʋ but also all who are listening to me today would become as I am, except for these chains.”

Ephesians 3:1For this reason I, Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles, bow my knees in prayer.

Ephesians 6:20for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it boldly, as I should.

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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