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

After three days Paul called the local Jewish leaders together. When they had assembled, he said to them, "Brothers, although I had done nothing against our people or the customs of our ancestors, from Jerusalem I was handed over as a prisoner to the Romans.

Therefore when you sent for me, I came without any objection. Now may I ask why you sent for me?"

For the

Then when Paul noticed that part of them were Sadducees and the others Pharisees, he shouted out in the council, "Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. I am on trial concerning the hope of the resurrection of the dead!"

I have a hope in God (a hope that these men themselves accept too) that there is going to be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous.

And now I stand here on trial because of my hope in the promise made by God to our ancestors,

This chain

For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles --

I, therefore, the prisoner for the Lord, urge you to live worthily of the calling with which you have been called,

for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may be able to speak boldly as I ought to speak.

The whole imperial guard and everyone else knows that I am in prison for the sake of Christ,

I, Paul, write this greeting by my own hand. Remember my chains. Grace be with you.

but now made visible through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus. He has broken the power of death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel!

for which I suffer hardship to the point of imprisonment as a criminal, but God's message is not imprisoned!

I am appealing to you concerning my child, whose spiritual father I have become during my imprisonment, that is, Onesimus,

General references

The whole imperial guard and everyone else knows that I am in prison for the sake of Christ,