KJV 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.
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Acts 28:20
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.”
WEB 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.”
ASV 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.
YLT 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.’
Surrounding context — Acts 28
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 Caesar; not that I had ought to accuse my nation of.
20 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.
21 And they said unto him, We neither received letters out of Judaea concerning thee, neither any of the brethren that came shewed or spake any harm of thee.
22 But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, we know that every where it is spoken against.
23 And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into [his] lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and [out of] the prophets, from morning till evening.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
διὰG1223 · diathrough/because ofταύτηνG3778 · ohutosthis/he/she/itοὖνG3767 · ountherefore/thenτὴνG3588 · hothe/this/whoαἰτίανG156 · aitiacause/chargeπαρεκάλεσαG3870 · parakaleōto plead/comfortὑμᾶςG4771 · suyouἰδεῖνG1492 · eidōto perceive: understandκαὶG2532 · kaiandπροσλαλῆσαι·G4354 · proslaleōto talk to/withἕνεκενG1752 · heneka, ehinekenbecause ofγὰρG1063 · garforτῆςG3588 · hothe/this/whoἐλπίδοςG1680 · elpishopeτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoἸσραὴλG2474 · IsraēlIsraelτὴνG3588 · hothe/this/whoἅλυσινG254 · halusischainταύτηνG3778 · ohutosthis/he/she/itπερίκειμαι.G4029 · perikeimaito surround
Cross-references
2 Timothy 2:9Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, [even] unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.Ephesians 6:20For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.Acts 26:6-7And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers:Philippians 1:13So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other [places];Acts 26:29And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.Acts 23:6But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men [and] brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.Acts 21:33Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded [him] to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done.Ephesians 4:1I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,Acts 24:15And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.Ephesians 3:1For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,Acts 10:33Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee of God.Philemon 1:10I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds:Philemon 1:13Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel:2 Timothy 1:10But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:Colossians 4:18The salutation by the hand of me Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace [be] with you. Amen.Acts 28:17And 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.Acts 10:29Therefore came I [unto you] without gainsaying, as soon as I was sent for: I ask therefore for what intent ye have sent for me?
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