Acts 28:20

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

This cause

Acts 28:17

Acts 10:29

For the

Acts 23:6

Acts 24:15

Acts 26:6

This chain

General references

Philippians 1:13

Bible References

This cause

Three days later, he invited the leading Jews to come to see him, and when they came he said to them, "Brothers, I have done nothing against our people, or the customs of our forefathers, yet I was turned over to the Romans as a prisoner at Jerusalem.

That was why, when I was sent for, I came without any hesitation. And now I want to ask why you sent for me."

For the

Knowing that part of them were Sadducees and part of them Pharisees, Paul called out in the council, "Brothers, I am a Pharisee, and the son of Pharisees! It is for my hope for the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial!"

and I have the same hope in God that they themselves hold, that there is to be a resurrection of the upright and the wicked.

Even now it is for my hope in the promise that God made to our forefathers that I stand here on trial,

This chain

This is why I, Paul, whom Jesus the Christ has made a prisoner for the sake of you heathen??2 if at least you have heard how I dealt with the mercy of God that was given me for you,

So I, the prisoner for the Lord's sake, appeal to you to live lives worthy of the summons you have received;

for the sake of which I am an envoy, and in prison. Pray that, when I tell it, I may have the courage to speak as I ought.

Thus it is generally known throughout the Imperial Guard and elsewhere that it is for the sake of Christ that I am in prison,

This farewell is in my own hand, from Paul. Remember that I am in prison. God bless you.

which has now been revealed through the appearance of our Savior Christ Jesus. He has taken away the power of death and brought life and immortality to light through the good news,

for the sake of which I even suffer imprisonment as a criminal. But God's message is not imprisoned!

I appeal to you for my child Onesimus, whose father I have become here in prison.

General references

Thus it is generally known throughout the Imperial Guard and elsewhere that it is for the sake of Christ that I am in prison,