"For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see {you}, and to speak with {you}: because that for the hope of Isra…" — Acts 28:20

Acts 28:20 · KJV

“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.”

— Acts 28:20

Verse 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.

Verse 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.

Acts 28 — Context

Who, when they had examined me, would have let {me} go, because there was no cause of death in me.

But when the Jews spake against {it}, I was constrained to appeal unto Caesar; not that I had ought to accuse my nation of.

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.

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.

But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, we know that every where it is spoken against.

Cross References

2 Timothy 2:9

Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, {even} unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.

Ephesians 6:20

For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak. {in bonds: or, in a chain} {therein: or, thereof}

Acts 26:6-7

And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers:

Acts 26:29

And 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.

Philippians 1:13

So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other {places}; {in Christ: or, for Christ} {the palace: or, Caesar's court} {in all other...: or, to all others}

Acts 23:6

But 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.

Ephesians 4:1

I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, {of the Lord: or, in the Lord}

Ephesians 3:1

For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,