Acts 28:20

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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.'

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  • Acts 21:33 : 33 Then the chief captain, having come nigh, took him, and commanded `him' to be bound with two chains, and was inquiring who he may be, and what it is he hath been doing,
  • Acts 23:6 : 6 and Paul having known that the one part are Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, cried out in the sanhedrim, `Men, brethren, I am a Pharisee -- son of a Pharisee -- concerning hope and rising again of dead men I am judged.'
  • Acts 26:6-7 : 6 and now for the hope of the promise made to the fathers by God, I have stood judged, 7 to which our twelve tribes, intently night and day serving, do hope to come, concerning which hope I am accused, king Agrippa, by the Jews;
  • Acts 26:29 : 29 and Paul said, `I would have wished to God, both in a little, and in much, not only thee, but also all those hearing me to-day, to become such as I also am -- except these bonds.'
  • Eph 6:20 : 20 for which I am an ambassador in a chain, that in it I may speak freely -- as it behoveth me to speak.
  • Phil 1:13 : 13 so that my bonds have become manifest in Christ in the whole praetorium, and to the other places -- all,
  • Col 4:18 : 18 The salutation by the hand of me, Paul; remember my bonds; the grace `is' with you. Amen.
  • 2 Tim 1:10 : 10 and was made manifest now through the manifestation of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who indeed did abolish death, and did enlighten life and immortality through the good news,
  • 2 Tim 2:9 : 9 in which I suffer evil -- unto bonds, as an evil-doer, but the word of God hath not been bound;
  • Phlm 1:10 : 10 I entreat thee concerning my child -- whom I did beget in my bonds -- Onesimus,
  • Phlm 1:13 : 13 whom I did wish to retain to myself, that in thy behalf he might minister to me in the bonds of the good news,
  • Acts 28:17 : 17 And it came to pass after three days, Paul called together those who are the principal men of the Jews, and they having come together, he said unto them: `Men, brethren, I -- having done nothing contrary to the people, or to the customs of the fathers -- a prisoner from Jerusalem, was delivered up to the hands of the Romans;
  • Eph 3:1 : 1 For this cause, I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you the nations,
  • Eph 4:1 : 1 Call upon you, then, do I -- the prisoner of the Lord -- to walk worthily of the calling with which ye were called,
  • Acts 24:15 : 15 having hope toward God, which they themselves also wait for, `that' there is about to be a rising again of the dead, both of righteous and unrighteous;
  • Acts 10:29 : 29 therefore also without gainsaying I came, having been sent for; I ask, therefore, for what matter ye did send for me?'
  • Acts 10:33 : 33 at once, therefore, I sent to thee; thou also didst do well, having come; now, therefore, are we all before God present to hear all things that have been commanded thee by God.'

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  • Acts 28:17-19
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    17And it came to pass after three days, Paul called together those who are the principal men of the Jews, and they having come together, he said unto them: `Men, brethren, I -- having done nothing contrary to the people, or to the customs of the fathers -- a prisoner from Jerusalem, was delivered up to the hands of the Romans;

    18who, having examined me, were wishing to release `me', because of their being no cause of death in me,

    19and the Jews having spoken against `it', I was constrained to appeal unto Caesar -- not as having anything to accuse my nation of;

  • Acts 26:6-7
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    6and now for the hope of the promise made to the fathers by God, I have stood judged,

    7to which our twelve tribes, intently night and day serving, do hope to come, concerning which hope I am accused, king Agrippa, by the Jews;

  • Acts 28:21-22
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    21And they said unto him, `We did neither receive letters concerning thee from Judea, nor did any one who came of the brethren declare or speak any evil concerning thee,

    22and we think it good from thee to hear what thou dost think, for, indeed, concerning this sect it is known to us that everywhere it is spoken against;'

  • Eph 6:20
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    20for which I am an ambassador in a chain, that in it I may speak freely -- as it behoveth me to speak.

  • Acts 23:28-30
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    28and, intending to know the cause for which they were accusing him, I brought him down to their sanhedrim,

    29whom I found accused concerning questions of their law, and having no accusation worthy of death or bonds;

    30and a plot having been intimated to me against this man -- about to be of the Jews -- at once I sent unto thee, having given command also to the accusers to say the things against him before thee; be strong.'

  • Acts 24:19-21
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    19whom it behoveth to be present before thee, and to accuse, if they had anything against me,

    20or let these same say if they found any unrighteousness in me in my standing before the sanhedrim,

    21except concerning this one voice, in which I cried, standing among them -- Concerning a rising again of the dead I am judged to-day by you.'

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

  • Acts 26:21-22
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    21because of these things the Jews -- having caught me in the temple -- were endeavouring to kill `me'.

    22`Having obtained, therefore, help from God, till this day, I have stood witnessing both to small and to great, saying nothing besides the things that both the prophets and Moses spake of as about to come,

  • Acts 25:26-27
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    26concerning whom I have no certain thing to write to `my' lord, wherefore I brought him forth before you, and specially before thee, king Agrippa, that the examination having been made, I may have something to write;

    27for it doth seem to me irrational, sending a prisoner, not also to signify the charges against him.'

  • Acts 20:22-23
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    22`And now, lo, I -- bound in the Spirit -- go on to Jerusalem, the things that shall befall me in it not knowing,

    23save that the Holy Spirit in every city doth testify fully, saying, that for me bonds and tribulations remain;

  • Acts 26:2-3
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    2`Concerning all things of which I am accused by Jews, king Agrippa, I have thought myself happy, being about to make a defence before thee to-day,

    3especially knowing thee to be acquainted with all things -- both customs and questions -- among Jews; wherefore, I beseech thee, patiently to hear me.

  • Phil 1:13-14
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    13so that my bonds have become manifest in Christ in the whole praetorium, and to the other places -- all,

    14and the greater part of the brethren in the Lord, having confidence by my bonds, are more abundantly bold -- fearlessly to speak the word.

  • Acts 21:33
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    33Then the chief captain, having come nigh, took him, and commanded `him' to be bound with two chains, and was inquiring who he may be, and what it is he hath been doing,

  • Acts 25:15
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    15about whom, in my being at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews laid information, asking a decision against him,

  • Acts 21:13
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    13and Paul answered, `What do ye -- weeping, and crushing mine heart? for I, not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem, am ready, for the name of the Lord Jesus;'

  • Acts 26:29
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    29and Paul said, `I would have wished to God, both in a little, and in much, not only thee, but also all those hearing me to-day, to become such as I also am -- except these bonds.'

  • Rom 15:22-23
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    22Wherefore, also, I was hindered many times from coming unto you,

    23and now, no longer having place in these parts, and having a longing to come unto you for many years,

  • Acts 22:1
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    1`Men, brethren, and fathers, hear my defence now unto you;' --

  • 2 Tim 2:9
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    9in which I suffer evil -- unto bonds, as an evil-doer, but the word of God hath not been bound;

  • Acts 22:30
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    30and on the morrow, intending to know the certainty wherefore he is accused by the Jews, he did loose him from the bonds, and commanded the chief priests and all their sanhedrim to come, and having brought down Paul, he set `him' before them.

  • Acts 20:19
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    19serving the Lord with all humility, and many tears, and temptations, that befell me in the counsels of the Jews against `me';

  • Acts 10:29
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    29therefore also without gainsaying I came, having been sent for; I ask, therefore, for what matter ye did send for me?'

  • Acts 21:22
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    22what then is it? certainly the multitude it behoveth to come together, for they will hear that thou hast come.

  • Acts 26:31
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    31and having withdrawn, they were speaking unto one another, saying -- `This man doth nothing worthy of death or of bonds;'

  • Acts 22:19
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    19and I said, Lord, they -- they know that I was imprisoning and was scourging in every synagogue those believing on thee;

  • Acts 24:26
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    26and at the same time also hoping that money shall be given to him by Paul, that he may release him, therefore, also sending for him the oftener, he was conversing with him;

  • Rom 15:31
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    31that I may be delivered from those not believing in Judea, and that my ministration, that `is' for Jerusalem, may become acceptable to the saints;

  • Acts 24:14
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    14`And I confess this to thee, that, according to the way that they call a sect, so serve I the God of the fathers, believing all things that in the law and the prophets have been written,

  • Acts 25:20
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    20and I, doubting in regard to the question concerning this, said, If he would wish to go on to Jerusalem, and there to be judged concerning these things --

  • Phlm 1:13
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    13whom I did wish to retain to myself, that in thy behalf he might minister to me in the bonds of the good news,

  • Acts 24:10-11
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    10And Paul answered -- the governor having beckoned to him to speak -- `Knowing `that' for many years thou hast been a judge to this nation, the more cheerfully the things concerning myself I do answer;

    11thou being able to know that it is not more than twelve days to me since I went up to worship in Jerusalem,

  • Phil 2:23
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    23him, indeed, therefore, I hope to send, when I may see through the things concerning me -- immediately;

  • Acts 22:21
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    21and he said unto me, Go, because to nations far off I will send thee.'

  • Rom 10:1
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    1Brethren, the pleasure indeed of my heart, and my supplication that `is' to God for Israel, is -- for salvation;

  • Acts 20:25
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    25`And now, lo, I have known that no more shall ye see my face, -- ye all among whom I did go preaching the reign of God;