Acts 28:20

World English Bible (2000)

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."

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  • Acts 21:33 : 33 Then the commanding officer came near, arrested him, 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, "Men and brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. Concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead I am being judged!"
  • Acts 26:6-7 : 6 Now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers, 7 which our twelve tribes, earnestly serving night and day, hope to attain. Concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa!
  • Acts 26:29 : 29 Paul said, "I pray to God, that whether with little or with much, not only you, but also all that hear me this day, might become such as I am, except for 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 it became evident to the whole palace guard, and to all the rest, that my bonds are in Christ;
  • Col 4:18 : 18 The salutation of me, Paul, with my own hand: remember my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen.
  • 2 Tim 1:10 : 10 but has now been revealed by the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light through the Good News.
  • 2 Tim 2:9 : 9 in which I suffer hardship to the point of chains as a criminal. But God's word isn't chained.
  • Phlm 1:10 : 10 I beg you for my child, whom I have become the father of in my chains, Onesimus,
  • Phlm 1:13 : 13 whom I desired to keep with me, that on your behalf he might serve me in my chains for the Good News.
  • Acts 28:17 : 17 It happened that after three days Paul called together those who were the leaders of the Jews. When they had come together, he said to them, "I, brothers, though I had done nothing against the people, or the customs of our fathers, still was delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans,
  • Eph 3:1 : 1 For this cause I, Paul, am the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles,
  • Eph 4:1 : 1 I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called,
  • Acts 24:15 : 15 having hope toward God, which these also themselves look for, that there will be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.
  • Acts 10:29 : 29 Therefore also I came without complaint when I was sent for. I ask therefore, why did you send for me?"
  • Acts 10:33 : 33 Therefore I sent to you at once, and it was good of you to come. Now therefore we are all here present in the sight of God to hear all things that have been commanded you by God."

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Acts 28:17-19
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    17 It happened that after three days Paul called together those who were the leaders of the Jews. When they had come together, he said to them, "I, brothers, though I had done nothing against the people, or the customs of our fathers, still was delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans,

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

    19 But when the Jews spoke against it, I was constrained to appeal to Caesar, not that I had anything about which to accuse my nation.

  • Acts 26:6-7
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    6 Now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,

    7 which our twelve tribes, earnestly serving night and day, hope to attain. Concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa!

  • Acts 28:21-22
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    21 They said to him, "We neither received letters from Judea concerning you, nor did any of the brothers come here and report or speak any evil of you.

    22 But we desire to hear from you what you think. For, as concerning this sect, it is known to us that everywhere it is spoken against."

  • Eph 6:20
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    20 for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

  • Acts 23:28-30
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    28 Desiring to know the cause why they accused him, I brought him down to their council.

    29 I found him to be accused about questions of their law, but not to be charged with anything worthy of death or of imprisonment.

    30 When I was told that the Jews lay in wait for the man, I sent him to you immediately, charging his accusers also to bring their accusations against him before you. Farewell."

  • Acts 24:19-21
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    19 They ought to have been here before you, and to make accusation, if they had anything against me.

    20 Or else let these men themselves say what injustice they found in me when I stood before the council,

    21 unless it is for this one thing that I cried standing among them, 'Concerning the resurrection of the dead I am being judged before you today!'"

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

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

    22 Having therefore obtained the help that is from God, I stand to this day testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would happen,

  • Acts 25:26-27
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    26 Of whom I have no certain thing to write to my lord. Therefore I have brought him forth before you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, that, after examination, I may have something to write.

    27 For it seems to me unreasonable, in sending a prisoner, not to also specify the charges against him."

  • Acts 20:22-23
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    22 Now, behold, I go bound by the Spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there;

    23 except that the Holy Spirit testifies in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions wait for me.

  • Acts 26:2-3
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    2 "I think myself happy, King Agrippa, that I am to make my defense before you this day concerning all the things that I am accused by the Jews,

    3 especially because you are expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews. Therefore I beg you to hear me patiently.

  • Phil 1:13-14
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    13 so that it became evident to the whole palace guard, and to all the rest, that my bonds are in Christ;

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

  • Acts 21:33
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    33 Then the commanding officer came near, arrested him, commanded him to be bound with two chains, and inquired who he was and what he had done.

  • Acts 25:15
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    15 about whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, asking for a sentence against him.

  • Acts 21:13
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    13 Then Paul answered, "What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus."

  • Acts 26:29
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    29 Paul said, "I pray to God, that whether with little or with much, not only you, but also all that hear me this day, might become such as I am, except for these bonds."

  • Rom 15:22-23
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    22 Therefore also I was hindered these many times from coming to you,

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

  • Acts 22:1
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    1 "Brothers and fathers, listen to the defense which I now make to you."

  • 2 Tim 2:9
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    9 in which I suffer hardship to the point of chains as a criminal. But God's word isn't chained.

  • Acts 22:30
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    30 But on the next day, desiring to know the truth about why he was accused by the Jews, he freed him from the bonds, 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%

    19 serving the Lord with all humility, with many tears, and with trials which happened to me by the plots of the Jews;

  • Acts 10:29
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    29 Therefore also I came without complaint when I was sent for. I ask therefore, why did you send for me?"

  • Acts 21:22
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    22 What then? The assembly must certainly meet, for they will hear that you have come.

  • Acts 26:31
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    31 When they had withdrawn, they spoke one to another, saying, "This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds."

  • Acts 22:19
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    19 I said, 'Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue those who believed in you.

  • Acts 24:26
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    26 Meanwhile, he also hoped that money would be given to him by Paul, that he might release him. Therefore also he sent for him more often, and talked with him.

  • Rom 15:31
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    31 that I may be delivered from those who are disobedient in Judea, and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints;

  • Acts 24:14
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    14 But this I confess to you, that after the Way, which they call a sect, so I serve the God of our fathers, believing all things which are according to the law, and which are written in the prophets;

  • Acts 25:20
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    20 Being perplexed how to inquire concerning these things, I asked whether he was willing to go to Jerusalem and there be judged concerning these matters.

  • Phlm 1:13
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    13 whom I desired to keep with me, that on your behalf he might serve me in my chains for the Good News.

  • Acts 24:10-11
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    10 When the governor had beckoned to him to speak, Paul answered, "Because I know that you have been a judge of this nation for many years, I cheerfully make my defense,

    11 seeing that you can recognize that it is not more than twelve days since I went up to worship at Jerusalem.

  • Phil 2:23
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    23 Therefore I hope to send him at once, as soon as I see how it will go with me.

  • Acts 22:21
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    21 "He said to me, 'Depart, for I will send you out far from here to the Gentiles.'"

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

  • Acts 20:25
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    25 "Now, behold, I know that you all, among whom I went about preaching the Kingdom of God, will see my face no more.