Acts 28:20

In 9 translations

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.

LSV

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

YLT

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.'

DBY

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.

DRC

For this cause therefore I desired to see you, and to speak to you. Because that for the hope of Israel, I am bound with this chain.

GNV

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.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

διὰ ταύτην οὖν τὴν αἰτίαν παρεκάλεσα ὑμᾶς ἰδεῖν καὶ προσλαλῆσαι, ἕνεκεν γὰρ τῆς ἐλπίδος τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ τὴν ἅλυσιν ταύτην περίκειμαι.

RP2018

Διὰ ταύτην οὖν τὴν αἰτίαν παρεκάλεσα ὑμᾶς ἰδεῖν καὶ προσλαλῆσαι· ἕνεκεν γὰρ τῆς ἐλπίδος τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ τὴν ἅλυσιν ταύτην περίκειμαι.

TR-Boyd

Διὰ ταύτην οὖν τὴν αἰτίαν παρεκάλεσα ὑμᾶς ἰδεῖν καὶ προσλαλῆσαι· ἕνεκεν γὰρ τῆς ἐλπίδος τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ τὴν ἅλυσιν ταύτην περίκειμαι.

SCR1894

δια ταυτην ουν την αιτιαν παρεκαλεσα υμας ιδειν και προσλαλησαι ενεκεν γαρ της ελπιδος του ισραηλ την αλυσιν ταυτην περικειμαι

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• 2 Timothy 2:9for which I suffer to the extent of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God cannot be chained!
• Ephesians 6:20for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may proclaim it fearlessly, as I should.
• Acts 26:6–7And now I stand on trial because of my hope in the promise that God made to our fathers, the promise our twelve tribes are hoping to realize as they earnestly serve God day and night. It is because of this hope, O…
• Acts 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.”
• Philippians 1:13As a result, it has become clear throughout the whole palace guard and to everyone else that I am in chains for Christ.
• Acts 24:15and I have the same hope in God that they themselves cherish, that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked.
• Ephesians 3:1For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles...
• Ephesians 4:1As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received:
• Acts 21:33The 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.
• Acts 23:6Then 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…
• Philemon 1:10I appeal to you for my child Onesimus, whose father I became while I was in chains.
• Acts 10:33So 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.”
• 2 Timothy 1:10And now He has revealed this grace through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has abolished death and illuminated the way to life and immortality through the gospel,
• Acts 28:17After 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…
• Colossians 4:18This greeting is in my own hand—Paul. Remember my chains. Grace be with you.
• Acts 10:29So when I was invited, I came without objection. I ask, then, why have you sent for me?”

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