Acts 28:20

King James Version 1611 (Original)

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.

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  • Acts 21:33 : 33 Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and demanded 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, 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.
  • Acts 26:6-7 : 6 And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers: 7 Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.
  • Acts 26:29 : 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.
  • Eph 6:20 : 20 For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
  • Phil 1:13 : 13 So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places;
  • Col 4:18 : 18 The salutation by the hand of me Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen.
  • 2 Tim 1:10 : 10 But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:
  • 2 Tim 2:9 : 9 Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.
  • Phlm 1:10 : 10 I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds:
  • Phlm 1:13 : 13 Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel:
  • Acts 28:17 : 17 And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said unto them, Men and brethren, though I have committed nothing against the people, or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.
  • Eph 3:1 : 1 For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
  • Eph 4:1 : 1 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
  • Acts 24:15 : 15 And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.
  • Acts 10:29 : 29 Therefore came I unto you without gainsaying, as soon as I was sent for: I ask therefore for what intent ye have sent for me?
  • Acts 10:33 : 33 Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee of God.

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  • Acts 28:17-19
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    17And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said unto them, Men and brethren, though I have committed nothing against the people, or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.

    18Who, when they had examined me, would have let me go, 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 ought to accuse my nation of.

  • Acts 26:6-7
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    6And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers:

    7Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.

  • Acts 28:21-22
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    21And 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.

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

  • Eph 6:20
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    20For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

  • Acts 23:28-30
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    28And when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him forth into their council:

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

    30And when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man, I sent straightway to thee, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had against him. Farewell.

  • Acts 24:19-21
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    19Who ought to have been here before thee, and object, if they had ought against me.

    20Or else let these same here say, if they have found any evil doing in me, while 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 by you this day.

  • Eph 3:1
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    1For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,

  • Acts 26:21-22
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    21For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me.

    22Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which 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, O king Agrippa, that, after examination had, I might have somewhat to write.

    27For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not withal to signify the crimes laid 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 Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.

  • Acts 26:2-3
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    2I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself this day before thee touching all the things whereof I am accused of the Jews:

    3Especially because I know thee to be expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.

  • Phil 1:13-14
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    13So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places;

    14And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.

  • Acts 21:33
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    33Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done.

  • Acts 25:15
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    15About whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, desiring to have judgment against him.

  • Acts 21:13
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    13Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine 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
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    29And 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.

  • Rom 15:22-23
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    22For which cause also I have been much hindered from coming to you.

    23But now having no more place in these parts, and having a great desire these many years to come unto you;

  • Acts 22:1
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    1Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now unto you.

  • 2 Tim 2:9
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    9Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.

  • Acts 22:30
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    30On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from his bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.

  • Acts 20:19
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    19Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews:

  • Acts 10:29
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    29Therefore came I unto you without gainsaying, as soon as I was sent for: I ask therefore for what intent ye have sent for me?

  • Acts 21:22
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    22What is it therefore? the multitude must needs come together: for they will hear that thou art come.

  • Acts 26:31
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    31And when they were gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds.

  • Acts 22:19
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    19And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee:

  • Acts 24:26
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    26He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul, that he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him.

  • Rom 15:31
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    31That I may be delivered from them that do not believe in Judaea; and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be accepted of the saints;

  • Acts 24:14
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    14But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:

  • Acts 25:20
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    20And because I doubted of such manner of questions, I asked him whether he would go to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these matters.

  • Phlm 1:13
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    13Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel:

  • Acts 24:10-11
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    10Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned unto him to speak, answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years a judge unto this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself:

    11Because that thou mayest understand, that there are yet but twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem for to worship.

  • Phil 2:23
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    23Him therefore I hope to send presently, so soon as I shall see how it will go with me.

  • Acts 22:21
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    21And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.

  • Rom 10:1
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    1Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.

  • Acts 20:25
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    25And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.