Acts 28:20

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But for this reason I sent for you, to see and have talk with you: for because of the hope of Israel I am in these chains.

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  • Acts 21:33 : 33 Then the chief captain came near and took him, and gave orders for him to be put in chains, questioning them as to who he was and what he had done.
  • Acts 23:6 : 6 But when Paul saw that half of them were Sadducees and the rest Pharisees, he said in the Sanhedrin, Brothers, I am a Pharisee, and the son of Pharisees: I am here to be judged on the question of the hope of the coming back from the dead.
  • Acts 26:6-7 : 6 And now I am here to be judged because of the hope given by God's word to our fathers; 7 For the effecting of which our twelve tribes have been working and waiting night and day with all their hearts. And in connection with this hope I am attacked by the Jews, O king!
  • Acts 26:29 : 29 And Paul said, It is my prayer to God that, in little or great measure, not only you, but all those hearing me today might be even as I am, but for these chains.
  • Eph 6:20 : 20 For which I am a representative in chains, and that I may say without fear the things which it is right for me to say.
  • Phil 1:13 : 13 So that it became clear through all the Praetorium, and to all the rest, that I was a prisoner on account of Christ;
  • Col 4:18 : 18 I, Paul, give you this word of love in my handwriting. Keep in memory that I am a prisoner. Grace be with you.
  • 2 Tim 1:10 : 10 But has now been made clear by the revelation of our Saviour Christ Jesus, who put an end to death and made life unending come to light through the good news,
  • 2 Tim 2:9 : 9 In which I put up with the hardest conditions, even prison chains, like one who has done a crime; but the word of God is not in chains.
  • Phlm 1:10 : 10 My request is for my child Onesimus, the child of my chains,
  • Phlm 1:13 : 13 Though my desire was to keep him with me, to be my servant in the chains of the good news, in your place:
  • Acts 28:17 : 17 Then after three days he sent for the chief men of the Jews: and when they had come together, he said to them, My brothers, though I had done nothing against the people or the ways of our fathers, I was given, a prisoner from Jerusalem, into the hands of the Romans.
  • Eph 3:1 : 1 For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles,
  • Eph 4:1 : 1 I then, the prisoner in the Lord, make this request from my heart, that you will see that your behaviour is a credit to the position which God's purpose has given you,
  • Acts 24:15 : 15 Hoping in God for that which they themselves are looking for, that there will be a coming back from the dead for upright men and wrongdoers.
  • Acts 10:29 : 29 And so I came without question, when I was sent for. What then is your purpose in sending for me?
  • Acts 10:33 : 33 So, straight away, I sent for you; and you have done well to come. And now, we are all present before God, ready to give attention to all the things which the Lord has given you to say.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Acts 28:17-19
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    81%

    17 Then after three days he sent for the chief men of the Jews: and when they had come together, he said to them, My brothers, though I had done nothing against the people or the ways of our fathers, I was given, a prisoner from Jerusalem, into the hands of the Romans.

    18 Who, when they had put questions to me, were ready to let me go free, because there was no cause of death in me.

    19 But when the Jews made protest against it, I had to put my cause into Caesar's hands; not because I have anything to say against my nation.

  • Acts 26:6-7
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    75%

    6 And now I am here to be judged because of the hope given by God's word to our fathers;

    7 For the effecting of which our twelve tribes have been working and waiting night and day with all their hearts. And in connection with this hope I am attacked by the Jews, O king!

  • Acts 28:21-22
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    21 And they said to him, We have not had letters from Judaea about you, and no one of the brothers has come to us here to give an account or say any evil about you.

    22 But we have a desire to give hearing to your opinion: for as to this form of religion, we have knowledge that in all places it is attacked.

  • Eph 6:20
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    20 For which I am a representative in chains, and that I may say without fear the things which it is right for me to say.

  • Acts 23:28-30
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    28 And, desiring to get at the reason for their attack on him, I took him down to their Sanhedrin:

    29 Then it became clear to me that it was a question of their law, and that nothing was said against him which might be a reason for prison or death.

    30 And when news was given to me that a secret design was being made against the man, I sent him straight away to you, giving orders to those who are against him to make their statements before you.

  • Acts 24:19-21
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    19 And it would have been better if they had come here to make a statement, if they have anything against me.

    20 Or let these men here present say what wrongdoing was seen in me when I was before the Sanhedrin,

    21 But only this one thing which I said among them in a loud voice, I am this day being judged on the question of the coming back from the dead.

  • Eph 3:1
    70%

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

  • Acts 26:21-22
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    21 For this reason, the Jews took me in the Temple, and made an attempt to put me to death.

    22 And so, by God's help, I am here today, witnessing to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would come about;

  • Acts 25:26-27
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    26 But I have no certain account of him to send to Caesar. So I have sent for him to come before you, and specially before you, King Agrippa, so that after the business has been gone into, I may have something to put in writing.

    27 For it seems to me against reason to send a prisoner without making clear what there is against him.

  • Acts 20:22-23
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    22 And now, as you see, I am going to Jerusalem, a prisoner in spirit, having no knowledge of what will come to me there:

    23 Only that the Holy Spirit makes clear to me in every town that prison and pains are waiting for me.

  • Acts 26:2-3
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    2 In my opinion I am happy, King Agrippa, to be able to give my answer before you today to all these things which the Jews say against me:

    3 The more so, because you are expert in all questions to do with the Jews and their ways: so I make my request to you to give me a hearing to the end.

  • Phil 1:13-14
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    13 So that it became clear through all the Praetorium, and to all the rest, that I was a prisoner on account of Christ;

    14 And most of the brothers in the Lord, taking heart because of my chains, are all the stronger to give the word of God without fear.

  • Acts 21:33
    68%

    33 Then the chief captain came near and took him, and gave orders for him to be put in chains, questioning them as to who he was and what he had done.

  • Acts 25:15
    68%

    15 Against whom the chief priests and the rulers of the Jews made a statement when I was at Jerusalem, requesting me to give a decision against him.

  • Acts 21:13
    68%

    13 Then Paul said, What are you doing, weeping and wounding my heart? for I am ready, not only to be a prisoner, but to be put to death at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

  • Acts 26:29
    68%

    29 And Paul said, It is my prayer to God that, in little or great measure, not only you, but all those hearing me today might be even as I am, but for these chains.

  • Rom 15:22-23
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    22 For which reason I was frequently kept from coming to you:

    23 But now, having no longer any place in these parts and having had for a number of years a great desire to come to you,

  • Acts 22:1
    68%

    1 My brothers and fathers, give ear to the story of my life which I now put before you.

  • 2 Tim 2:9
    67%

    9 In which I put up with the hardest conditions, even prison chains, like one who has done a crime; but the word of God is not in chains.

  • Acts 22:30
    67%

    30 But on the day after, desiring to have certain knowledge of what the Jews had to say against him, he made him free, and gave orders for the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin to come together, and he took Paul and put him before them.

  • Acts 20:19
    67%

    19 Doing the Lord's work without pride, through all the sorrow and troubles which came on me because of the evil designs of the Jews:

  • Acts 10:29
    67%

    29 And so I came without question, when I was sent for. What then is your purpose in sending for me?

  • Acts 21:22
    67%

    22 What then is the position? They will certainly get news that you have come.

  • Acts 26:31
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    31 And when they had gone away they said to one another, This man has done nothing which might give cause for death or prison.

  • Acts 22:19
    67%

    19 And I said, Lord, they themselves have knowledge that I went through the Synagogues putting in prison and whipping all those who had faith in you:

  • Acts 24:26
    67%

    26 For he was hoping that Paul would give him money: so he sent for him more frequently and had talk with him.

  • Rom 15:31
    67%

    31 So that I may be kept safe from those in Judaea who have not put themselves under the rule of God, and that the help which I am taking for Jerusalem may be pleasing to the saints;

  • Acts 24:14
    67%

    14 But this I will say openly to you, that I do give worship to the God of our fathers after that Way, which to them is not the true religion: but I have belief in all the things which are in the law and in the books of the prophets:

  • Acts 25:20
    66%

    20 And as I had not enough knowledge for the discussion of these things, I made the suggestion to him to go to Jerusalem and be judged there.

  • Phlm 1:13
    66%

    13 Though my desire was to keep him with me, to be my servant in the chains of the good news, in your place:

  • Acts 24:10-11
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    10 Then when the ruler had given him a sign to make his answer, Paul said, Because I have knowledge that you have been a judge over this nation for a number of years, I am glad to make my answer:

    11 Seeing that you are able to make certain of the fact that it is not more than twelve days from the time when I came up to Jerusalem for worship;

  • Phil 2:23
    66%

    23 Him then I am hoping to send as quickly as possible, when I am able to see how things will go for me:

  • Acts 22:21
    66%

    21 And he said to me, Go, for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.

  • Rom 10:1
    66%

    1 Brothers, my heart's desire and my prayer to God for them is, that they may get salvation.

  • Acts 20:25
    66%

    25 And now I am conscious that you, among whom I have gone about preaching the kingdom, will not see my face again.