Acts 28:20

Translations

Modern

So for this reason I have called to see you and speak with you. It is because of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain.”

Traditional

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.

Literal

For this cause, therefore, I have called to see you and to speak to you. For because of the hope of Israel, I have around me this chain.”

Latin

Propter hanc igitur causam rogavi vos videre, et alloqui. Propter spem enim Israël catena hac circumdatus sum.

Original

Greek

English

So for this reason I have called to see you and speak with you. It is because of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain.”

Notes

Acts 28:17–20

Paul knew that the gospel should be shared with the Jews first (13:46; Romans 1:16). He was also concerned that false charges against him might have already reached Rome. So he called together the local Jewish leaders and explained his life and work. He insisted that he had not committed any crime.

But strong opposition from other Jews had forced him to appeal to the emperor. Paul said he had nothing against his own people. Instead, he wanted to explain his deep conviction that the Messiah (God’s promised king) they were waiting for had already come in Jesus of Nazareth.

Theme notes and profiles

Jewish Leaders Paul (Saul) The Roman Church The Messiah

Events

Paul's Journey to Romec. AD 56
Paul's First Roman imprisonmentc. AD 57

Related verses

Acts 26:6–7
And now I stand on trial because of my hope in the promise that God made to our fathers,
Ephesians 6:20
…for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may proclaim it fearlessly, as I should.
2 Timothy 2:9
…for which I suffer to the extent of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God cannot be chained!
Philippians 1:13
As a result, it has become clear throughout the whole palace guard and to everyone else that I am in chains for Christ.
Acts 26:29
“Short time or long,” Paul replied, “I wish to God that not only you but all who hear me this day may become what I am, except for these chains.”
Ephesians 3:1
For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles...
Acts 24:15
…and I have the same hope in God that they themselves cherish, that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked.
Ephesians 4:1
As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received:
Acts 21:33
The commander came up and arrested Paul, ordering that he be bound with two chains. Then he asked who he was and what he had done.
Acts 23:6
Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and the others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. It is because of my hope in the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.”
Philemon 1:10
I appeal to you for my child Onesimus, whose father I became while I was in chains.
Acts 10:33
So I sent for you immediately, and you were kind enough to come. Now then, we are all here in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has instructed you to tell us.”

Parallels

Isaiah 6:1–13

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Glossary

Book of the Acts of the Apostles Caesar’s Household Letter to the Ephesians Paul the Apostle Rome (City) Syracuse Titus, Letter to

Topics

Chains used to Confine Prisoners Hope: General Scriptures Concerning Paul: Summons the Local Jewish Leadership

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