Acts 28:20

Therefore, for this reason I have called for you, to see you, and to speak with you: because it is for the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain.

Revised King James New Testament

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

21And they said to him, We neither received letters from Judaea concerning you, nor have any of the brethren who have come here reported or spoken any evil against you.

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Cross References

Acts 10:29Therefore, I came to you without objection, as soon as I was sent for: therefore I ask for what intent you have sent for me?

Acts 21:33Then the commander came near, and arrested him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and asked who he was, and what he had done.

Acts 24:15And have hope toward God, which they themselves also have, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.

Acts 26:29And Paul said, I would to God, that in a short or long time, not only you, but also all who hear me this day, might be as I am, except for these chains.

Ephesians 3:1For this reason I, Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles,

Ephesians 6:20For which I am an ambassador in chains: that in proclaiming it 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 →

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