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.


In Context

17 And it came to pass after three days, that he called together those who were the chief of the Jews; and when they had come together he said to them, Brethren, I having done nothing against the people or the customs of our forefathers, have been delivered a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans,

18 who having examined me were minded to let me go, because there was nothing worthy of death in me.

19 But the Jews speaking against it, I was compelled to appeal to Caesar, not as having anything to accuse my nation of.

20 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.

21 And they said to him, For our part, we have neither received letters from Judaea concerning thee, nor has any one of the brethren who has arrived reported or said anything evil concerning thee.

22 But we beg to hear of thee what thou thinkest, for as concerning this sect it is known to us that it is everywhere 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 American Standard 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 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 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.