Acts 28:20
18 They examined me and wanted to release me, because there was no basis for a death sentence against me.
19 But when the Jews objected, I was compelled to appeal to Caesar, even though I have no charge to bring against my nation.
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.”
21 The 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.
22 But we consider your views worth hearing, because we know that people everywhere are speaking against this sect.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- 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.”
- 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.
- WEB
- 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
- 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.
- DARBY
- 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.
- BLB
- For this cause, therefore, I have called to see you⁺ and to speak to [you]. For because of the hope of Israel, I have around [me] this chain.”
- ÅB
- Av denne årsak har jeg da bedt dere hit for å få se dere og tale med dere; for det er for Israels håps skyld jeg bærer denne lenke.
- OTB
- Av denne grunn har jeg bedt om å få se dere og snakke med dere, for det er på grunn av Israels håp at jeg er bundet med denne lenken.»
- B1930
- Av denne årsak har jeg da bedt eder hit for å få se eder og tale med eder; for det er for Israels håps skyld jeg bærer denne lenke.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 26:6–7
And now I stand on trial because of my hope in the promise that God made to our fathers,
Read in context2 Timothy 2:9
for which I suffer to the extent of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God cannot be chained!
Read in contextEphesians 6:20
for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may proclaim it fearlessly, as I should.
Read in contextActs 26:29
“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.”
Read in contextPhilippians 1:13
As a result, it has become clear throughout the whole palace guard and to everyone else that I am in chains for Christ.
Read in contextActs 24:15
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.
Read in contextEphesians 3:1
For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles...
Read in contextActs 23:6
Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and 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 I am on trial.”
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