Acts 28:20

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

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  • Acts 21:33 : 33 Then the chief captain came near, and laid hold on him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and inquired who he was, and what he had done.
  • Acts 23:6 : 6 But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Brethren, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees: touching the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.
  • Acts 26:6-7 : 6 And now I stand [here] to be judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers; 7 unto which [promise] our twelve tribes, earnestly serving [God] night and day, hope to attain. And concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, O king!
  • Acts 26:29 : 29 And Paul [said], I would to God, that whether with little or with much, not thou only, but also all that hear me this day, might become such as I am, except these bonds.
  • Eph 6:20 : 20 for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
  • Phil 1:13 : 13 so that my bonds became manifest in Christ throughout the whole praetorian guard, and to all the rest;
  • Col 4:18 : 18 The salutation of me Paul with mine own hand. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you.
  • 2 Tim 1:10 : 10 but hath now been manifested by the appearing of our Saviour Christ Jesus, who abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,
  • 2 Tim 2:9 : 9 wherein I suffer hardship unto bonds, as a malefactor; but the word of God is not bound.
  • Phlm 1:10 : 10 I beseech thee for my child, whom I have begotten in my bonds, Onesimus,
  • Phlm 1:13 : 13 whom I would fain have kept with me, that in thy behalf he might minister unto me in the bonds of the gospel:
  • Acts 28:17 : 17 And it came to pass, that after three days he called together those that were the chief of the Jews: and when they were come together, he said unto them, I, brethren, though I had done nothing against the people, or the customs of our fathers, yet was delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans:
  • Eph 3:1 : 1 For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus in behalf of you Gentiles,--
  • Eph 4:1 : 1 I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you to walk worthily of the calling wherewith ye were called,
  • Acts 24:15 : 15 having hope toward God, which these also themselves look for, that there shall be a resurrection both of the just and unjust.
  • Acts 10:29 : 29 wherefore also I came without gainsaying, when I was sent for. I ask therefore with what intent ye sent for me.
  • Acts 10:33 : 33 Forthwith therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that thou art come. Now therefore we are all here present in the sight of God, to hear all things that have been commanded thee of the Lord.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Acts 28:17-19
    3 verses
    81%

    17And it came to pass, that after three days he called together those that were the chief of the Jews: and when they were come together, he said unto them, I, brethren, though I had done nothing against the people, or the customs of our fathers, yet was delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans:

    18who, when they had examined me, desired to set me at liberty, because there was no cause of death in me.

    19But when the Jews spake against it, I was constrained to appeal unto Caesar; not that I had aught whereof to accuse my nation.

  • Acts 26:6-7
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    75%

    6And now I stand [here] to be judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers;

    7unto which [promise] our twelve tribes, earnestly serving [God] night and day, hope to attain. And concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, O king!

  • Acts 28:21-22
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    21And they said unto him, We neither received letters from Judaea concerning thee, nor did any of the brethren come hither and report or speak any harm of thee.

    22But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, it is known to us that everywhere it is spoken against.

  • Eph 6:20
    71%

    20for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

  • Acts 23:28-30
    3 verses
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    28And desiring to know the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him down unto their council:

    29whom I found to be accused about questions of their law, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.

    30And when it was shown to me that there would be a plot against the man, I sent him to thee forthwith, charging his accusers also to speak against him before thee.

  • Acts 24:19-21
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    71%

    19who ought to have been here before thee, and to make accusation, if they had aught against me.

    20Or else let these men themselves say what wrong-doing they found when I stood before the council,

    21except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among them, Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called in question before you this day.

  • Eph 3:1
    70%

    1For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus in behalf of you Gentiles,--

  • Acts 26:21-22
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    21For this cause the Jews seized me in the temple, and assayed to kill me.

    22Having therefore obtained the help that is from God, I stand unto this day testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses did say should come;

  • Acts 25:26-27
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    26Of whom I have no certain thing to write unto my lord. Wherefore I have brought him forth before you, and specially before thee, king Agrippa, that, after examination had, I may have somewhat to write.

    27For it seemeth to me unreasonable, in sending a prisoner, not withal to signify the charges against him.

  • Acts 20:22-23
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    22And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there:

    23save that the Holy Spirit testifieth unto me in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.

  • Acts 26:2-3
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    2I think myself happy, king Agrippa, that I am to make my defense before thee this day touching all the things whereof I am accused by the Jews:

    3especially because thou art expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.

  • Phil 1:13-14
    2 verses
    69%

    13so that my bonds became manifest in Christ throughout the whole praetorian guard, and to all the rest;

    14and that most of the brethren in the Lord, being confident through my bonds, are more abundantly bold to speak the word of God without fear.

  • Acts 21:33
    68%

    33Then the chief captain came near, and laid hold on him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and inquired who he was, and what he had done.

  • Acts 25:15
    68%

    15about whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed [me], asking for sentence against him.

  • Acts 21:13
    68%

    13Then Paul answered, What do ye, weeping and breaking my heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

  • Acts 26:29
    68%

    29And Paul [said], I would to God, that whether with little or with much, not thou only, but also all that hear me this day, might become such as I am, except these bonds.

  • Rom 15:22-23
    2 verses
    68%

    22Wherefore also I was hindered these many times from coming to you:

    23but now, having no more any place in these regions, and having these many years a longing to come unto you,

  • Acts 22:1
    68%

    1Brethren and fathers, hear ye the defence which I now make unto you.

  • 2 Tim 2:9
    67%

    9wherein I suffer hardship unto bonds, as a malefactor; but the word of God is not bound.

  • Acts 22:30
    67%

    30But on the morrow, desiring to know the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him, and commanded the chief priests and all the council to come together, and brought Paul down and set him before them.

  • Acts 20:19
    67%

    19serving the Lord with all lowliness of mind, and with tears, and with trials which befell me by the plots of the Jews;

  • Acts 10:29
    67%

    29wherefore also I came without gainsaying, when I was sent for. I ask therefore with what intent ye sent for me.

  • Acts 21:22
    67%

    22What is it therefore? They will certainly hear that thou art come.

  • Acts 26:31
    67%

    31and when they had withdrawn, they spake one to another, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds.

  • Acts 22:19
    67%

    19And I said, Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee:

  • Acts 24:26
    67%

    26He hoped withal that money would be given him of Paul: wherefore also he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him.

  • Rom 15:31
    67%

    31that I may be delivered from them that are disobedient in Judaea, and [that] my ministration which [I have] for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints;

  • Acts 24:14
    67%

    14But this I confess unto thee, that after the Way which they call a sect, so serve I the God of our fathers, believing all things which are according to the law, and which are written in the prophets;

  • Acts 25:20
    66%

    20And I, being perplexed how to inquire concerning these things, asked whether he would go to Jerusalem and there be judged of these matters.

  • Phlm 1:13
    66%

    13whom I would fain have kept with me, that in thy behalf he might minister unto me in the bonds of the gospel:

  • Acts 24:10-11
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    66%

    10And when the governor had beckoned unto him to speak, Paul answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years a judge unto this nation, I cheerfully make my defense:

    11Seeing that thou canst take knowledge that it is not more than twelve days since I went up to worship at Jerusalem:

  • Phil 2:23
    66%

    23Him therefore I hope to send forthwith, so soon as I shall see how it will go with me:

  • Acts 22:21
    66%

    21And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee forth far hence unto the Gentiles.

  • Rom 10:1
    66%

    1Brethren, my heart's desire and my supplication to God is for them, that they may be saved.

  • Acts 20:25
    66%

    25And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I went about preaching the kingdom, shall see my face no more.