20For 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.


In Context

17 And it came to pass, that after three days he called together those that were the chief of the Jews: and when they were come together, he said unto them, I, brethren, though I had done nothing against the people, or the customs of our fathers, yet was delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans:

18 who, when they had examined me, desired to set me at liberty, because there was no cause of death in me.

19 But when the Jews spake against it, I was constrained to appeal unto Caesar; not that I had aught whereof to accuse my nation.

20 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.

21 And they said unto him, We neither received letters from Judaea concerning thee, nor did any of the brethren come hither and report or speak any harm of thee.

22 But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, it is known to us that everywhere it is spoken against.

Acts 28:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

28:20For 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

28:20For this reason I have asked to see you and talk with you. It is because of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

28:20For this cause therefore I desired to see you, and to speak to you. Because that for the hope of Israel, I am bound with this chain.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:20For 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

28:20For 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:20For 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:20For 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.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

28:20for 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.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

28:20For 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.