Acts 28:20
“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.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Acts 28:20 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
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.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
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.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
This, then, is my reason for urging you to come to see me and talk with me; because it is for the sake of the hope of Israel that I am here in chains.”
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Um dieser Ursache willen nun habe ich euch herbeigerufen, euch zu sehen und zu euch zu reden; denn wegen der Hoffnung Israels bin ich mit dieser Kette umgeben.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Así que, por esta causa, os he llamado para veros y hablaros; porque por la esperanza de Israel estoy rodeado de esta cadena.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Então por esta causa eu vos chamei até mim, para vos ver e falar; porque pela esperança de Israel eu estou agora preso nesta corrente.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Por isso, convidei-vos para vos ver e conversar, pois é por causa da esperança de Israel que estou preso a estas correntes".
📖 Acts 28:20 in Context
18Who, when they had examined me, would have let me go, because there was no cause of death in me.
19But when the Jews spake against it, I was constrained to appeal unto Cesar; not that I had ought to accuse my nation of.
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.
21And they said unto him, We neither received letters out of Judea concerning thee, neither any of the brethren that came shewed or spake any harm of thee.
22But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, we know that every where it is spoken against.
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