Parallel Verses
King James Version
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.
New American Standard Bible
For this reason, therefore, I
Holman Bible
For this reason I’ve asked to see you and speak to you. In fact, it is for the hope of Israel that I’m wearing this chain.”
International Standard Version
That's why I asked to see you and speak with you, since it is for the hope of Israel that I'm wearing this chain."
A Conservative Version
Because of this reason therefore I summoned you to see and to speak with me, for because of the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
For this reason I have asked to see you and talk with you, since it is for the sake of the hope of Israel (the Messiah, the resurrection) that I am bound with this chain.”
An Understandable Version
It was for this reason that I requested to see you and talk with you, for I am wearing this chain because of the hope held by the Israelites."
Anderson New Testament
For this reason, I called for you, that I might see you and speak to you; for on account of the hope of Israel, I am bound with this chain.
Bible in Basic English
But for this reason I sent for you, to see and have talk with you: for because of the hope of Israel I am in these chains.
Common New Testament
For this reason therefore I have asked to see you and speak with you, since it is because of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain."
Daniel Mace New Testament
for this reason I desir'd to see and talk with you; it being for the expectation of Israel that I am subject to this chain."
Darby Translation
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.
Godbey New Testament
Then for this cause I have called you, to see you, and talk to you: for on account of the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.
Goodspeed New Testament
That is why I asked to see you and speak with you, for it is on account of Israel's hope that I have to wear this chain."
John Wesley New Testament
For this cause therefore have I intreated, to see and speak with you; for it is on account of the hope of Israel, that I am bound with this chain.
Julia Smith Translation
For this cause therefore I besought to see you, and to speak: for, for the hope of Israel am I surrounded by this chain.
King James 2000
For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see you, and to speak with you: because for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Therefore for this reason I have requested to see you and to speak with [you], for because of the hope of Israel I am wearing this chain!"
Modern King James verseion
For this cause, then, I called for you, to see and to speak with you. For I have this chain around me for the hope of Israel.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For this cause have I called for you, even to see you, and to speak with you. Because that for the hope of Israel, I am bound with this chain."
Moffatt New Testament
This is my reason for asking to see you and have a word with you. I am wearing this chain because I share Israel's hope."
Montgomery New Testament
This is the reason why I begged you to see and speak with me. For because of the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain."
NET Bible
So for this reason I have asked to see you and speak with you, for I am bound with this chain because of the hope of Israel."
New Heart English Bible
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."
Noyes New Testament
For this reason therefore I have called for you, to see you and speak to you; for it is on account of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain.
Sawyer New Testament
For this reason, therefore, I have called you to see and converse with you, because I am loaded with this chain on account of the hope of Israel.
The Emphasized Bible
For this cause, therefore, have I called for you, to see and to speak with you; for, on account of the hope of Israel, this chain, have I about me!
Thomas Haweis New Testament
For this cause therefore have I invited you hither, to see and to converse with you; for on account of the hope of Israel am I bound with this chain.
Twentieth Century New Testament
This, then, is my reason for urging you to come to see me and talk with me; because it is for the sake of the Hope of Israel that I am here in chains."
Webster
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.
Weymouth New Testament
For these reasons, then, I have invited you here, that I might see you and speak to you; for it is for the sake of Him who is the hope of Israel that this chain hangs upon me."
Williams New Testament
Now it is for this reason that I invited you to come, namely, to see you and speak with you, for it is on account of Israel's hope that I am wearing this chain."
World English Bible
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."
Worrell New Testament
For this cause, therefore, I called for you, to see and to speak with you: for, on account of the hope of Israel, I am encompassed with this chain."
Worsley New Testament
For this reason therefore I desired to see and to speak to you: because that for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.
Youngs Literal Translation
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.'
Topics
Interlinear
Dia
Houtos
οὗτος οὗτοι αὕτη αὕται
Houtos
Usage: 258
Parakaleo
heneka
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Acts 28:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
Paul And The Jewish Community In Rome
19 But when the Jews spake against it, I was constrained to appeal unto Caesar; 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 Judaea concerning thee, neither any of the brethren that came shewed or spake any harm of thee.
Cross References
Acts 21:33
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
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
And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers:
Acts 26:29
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.
Ephesians 6:20
For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
Acts 10:29
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
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.
Acts 24:15
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 28:17
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.
Ephesians 3:1
For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
Ephesians 4:1
I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
Philippians 1:13
So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places;
Colossians 4:18
The salutation by the hand of me Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen.
2 Timothy 1:10
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 Timothy 2:9
Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.