Acts 28:20 “So for this reason I have called to see you and speak with you. It is…”

Acts 28:20

So for this reason I have called to see you and speak with you. It is because of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

For this cause therefore I asked to see you and to speak with you. For because of the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.”

American Standard Version

For this cause therefore did I entreat you to see and to speak with me: for because of the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.

Geneva Bible 1599

For this cause therefore haue I called for you, to see you, and to speake with you: for that hope of Israels sake, I am bound with this chaine.

Darby Translation

For this cause therefore I have called you to [me] to see and to speak to you; for on account of the hope of Israel I have this chain about me.

Young's Literal Translation

for this cause, therefore, I called for you to see and to speak with [you], for because of the hope of Israel with this chain I am bound.'

Bible in Basic English

But for this reason I sent for you, to see and have talk with you: for because of the hope of Israel I am in these chains.

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Cross references

“this cause”

Acts 10:33 Acts 28:17 Acts 10:29

Acts 10:33 · BSB

So I sent for you immediately, and you were kind enough to come. Now then, we are all here in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has instructed you to tell us.”

Acts 28:17 · BSB

After three days, he called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had gathered, he said to them, “Brothers, although I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, I was taken prisoner in Jer…

Acts 10:29 · BSB

So when I was invited, I came without objection. I ask, then, why have you sent for me?”

“for the”

Acts 23:6 Acts 24:15 Acts 26:6 Acts 26:7

Acts 23:6 · BSB

Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and the others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. It is because of my hope in the resurrection of the dead that…

Acts 24:15 · BSB

and I have the same hope in God that they themselves cherish, that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked.

Acts 26:6 · BSB

And now I stand on trial because of my hope in the promise that God made to our fathers,

Acts 26:7 · BSB

the promise our twelve tribes are hoping to see fulfilled as they earnestly serve God day and night. It is because of this hope, O king, that I am accused by the Jews.

“this chain”

Ephesians 6:20 2 Timothy 2:9 Acts 26:29 Philippians 1:13 Ephesians 3:1 Ephesians 4:1

Ephesians 6:20 · BSB

for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may proclaim it fearlessly, as I should.

2 Timothy 2:9 · BSB

for which I suffer to the extent of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God cannot be chained!

Acts 26:29 · BSB

“Short time or long,” Paul replied, “I wish to God that not only you but all who hear me this day may become what I am, except for these chains.”

Philippians 1:13 · BSB

As a result, it has become clear throughout the whole palace guard and to everyone else that I am in chains for Christ.

Ephesians 3:1 · BSB

For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles...

Ephesians 4:1 · BSB

As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received:

Also

Acts 21:33

Acts 21:33 · BSB

The commander came up and arrested Paul, ordering that he be bound with two chains. Then he asked who he was and what he had done.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

19But when the Jews objected, I was compelled to appeal to Caesar, even though I have no charge to bring against my nation.

21The leaders replied, “We have not received any letters about you from Judea, nor have any of the brothers from there reported or even mentioned anything bad about you.

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