Acts 28:20

So, through the-same, the cause, I-call-aside you to-behold and to-speak-toward, for because of{the expectation} of{the} Israel I-am-being-lain-about/around the un-loose-sis[i.e. state of being restrained]/restraint, the-same."

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

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

19Moreover, of{the Judeans saying-in-place-of/in-opposition-to/contradicting/rebutting}, I-am-compelled to-call-upon-self Caesar, not as having what to-be-accusing of{the nation} of{me}.

21Moreover, the[plural] say toward same, "We neither receive write-effects about of{you} from of{the Judea} nor, become[ing]-aside any of{the brothers}, messages-off/away or speaks anything evil about of{you}.

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Cross References

Acts 10:29through-which also without-word-against-ly/contradict-ly I-come, be[ing]-dispatched-across. So, I-am-ascertaining to{what word} you-dispatch-across me,"

Acts 21:33Then, become[ing]-near, the thousand-chief/chiliarch takes-upon of{same} and orders to-be-bound to{two un-loose-sis-es[i.e. states of being restrained]/restraints} and he-has-been-ascertaining who[?] he-might-be-being and what[?] is-being having-been-done.

Acts 24:15having expectation into the God which also same, the-same, are-receiving-toward [a] stand-up/anew-sis[i.e. state of resurrection] to-be-being-about to-will-be of{dead}, both of{just} and of{unjust},

Acts 26:29Moreover, the Paul, "I-might-vow, supposing to{the God}, and in to{few} and in to{much}, not only you; contrariwise, also all the hearing of{me} today to-become to-whom-the-same which-about-what-such also-I am-being, aside-beyond of{the bonds, the-same},"

Ephesians 3:1Of{the-same} grace/favor I, Paul, the bound/captive of{the Anointed Jesus} over/for-the-sake of{you} of{the nations},

Ephesians 6:20over/for-the-sake of{which} I-am-elder-ing/ambassing in to{un-loose-sis[i.e. state of being restrained]/restraint}, in-which-place in to{same} I-may-all-say-ize as it-is-necessitating me 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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