Acts 28:20

Paul And The Jewish Community In Rome

¹⁹ but the Jews opposing it, I was obliged to appeal to Cesar; though not as having any thing to accuse my nation of. ²⁰ 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. ²¹ And they said to him, We have neither received letters concerning thee from Judea, nor has any of the brethren, that is come hither, related or spoken any ill of thee.

For This Cause

I Am He

Israel

Israelites

Messiah

Acts 21:33

Then the commanding officer came near and took him, and ordered him to be bound with two chains; and inquired, who he was, and what he had done.

Acts 23:6

But Paul, knowing that the one part were sadducees, and the other pharisees, cried out in the sanhedrim, "Brethren, I am a pharisee, the son of a pharisee: for the hope of a resurrection of the dead I am now prosecuted."

Acts 26:6-7

And now I stand arraigned for the hope of the promise which was made by God to 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 though in chains: that I may speak boldly in behalf of it, as I ought to speak.

Acts 10:29

And therefore I came to you, when I was sent for, without demur. I ask therefore on what account ye sent for me.

Acts 10:33

Immediately therefore I sent to thee, and thou hast done well that thou art come. And now we are all here present before God, to hear all the things which God hath charged thee with to us.

Acts 24:15

having hope in God, (which they themselves also expect) that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.

Acts 28:17

And after three days Paul called together the chief of the Jews. And when they were come together, he said unto them, Brethren, though I have done nothing against the people of the Jews, or the customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans:

Ephesians 3:1

For this cause I Paul am the prisoner of Jesus Christ for the sake of you Gentiles:

Ephesians 4:1

I therefore, a prisoner for the sake of the Lord, exhort you to walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, with all humility and meekness;

Philippians 1:13

so that my bonds are manifest in all the palace, and all other places, to be for the sake of Christ;

Colossians 4:18

The salutation of me Paul, with my own hand. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen.

2 Timothy 1:10

but now made manifest by the appearance of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light by the gospel: for which I was appointed an herald,

2 Timothy 2:9

for whose sake I suffer trouble even unto bonds, as if I were a malefactor; but the word of God is not bound.