Acts 28:20 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Acts 28:20 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Acts 28:20 in 6 Bible Translations
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Acts 28:20 WEB — 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.””
Acts 28:20 — World English Bible
Acts 28:20 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“For this cause therefore did I entreat you to see and to speak with me: for because of the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.”
Acts 28:20 — American Standard Version
Acts 28:20 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“for this cause, therefore, I called for you to see and to speak with <FI>you<Fi> , for because of the hope of Israel with this chain I am bound.'”
Acts 28:20 — Young's Literal Translation
Acts 28:20 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“For this cause therefore I have called you to [me] to see and to speak to you; for on account of the hope of Israel I have this chain about me.”
Acts 28:20 — Darby Translation
Acts 28:20 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“For this cause therefore haue I called for you, to see you, and to speake with you: for that hope of Israels sake, I am bound with this chaine.”
Acts 28:20 — Geneva Bible
Acts 28:20 in Context — Acts 28
18 Who, when they had examined me, would have let me go, because there was no cause of death in me.
19 But when the Jews spake against it, I was constrained to appeal unto Cesar; not that I had ought to accuse my nation of.
20 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.
21 And they said unto him, We neither received letters out of Judea concerning thee, neither any of the brethren that came shewed or spake any harm of thee.
22 But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, we know that every where it is spoken against.
What Does Acts 28:20 Mean?
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