Acts 28:20

Bible in Basic English 1965

But for this reason I sent for you, to see and have talk with you: for because of the hope of Israel I am in these chains.

Cross References

Jeremiah 40:1

The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, after Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him; for he had been put in chains, among all the prisoners of Jerusalem and Judah who were taken away prisoners to Babylon.

Acts 10:29

And so I came without question, when I was sent for. What then is your purpose in sending for me?

Acts 10:33

So, straight away, I sent for you; and you have done well to come. And now, we are all present before God, ready to give attention to all the things which the Lord has given you to say.

Acts 21:33

Then the chief captain came near and took him, and gave orders for him to be put in chains, questioning them as to who he was and what he had done.

Acts 23:6

But when Paul saw that half of them were Sadducees and the rest Pharisees, he said in the Sanhedrin, Brothers, I am a Pharisee, and the son of Pharisees: I am here to be judged on the question of the hope of the coming back from the dead.

Acts 24:15

And in this, I do my best at all times to have no reason for shame before God or men.

Acts 26:29

And Paul said, It is my prayer to God that, in little or great measure, not only you, but all those hearing me today might be even as I am, but for these chains.

Acts 28:17

Then after three days he sent for the chief men of the Jews: and when they had come together, he said to them, My brothers, though I had done nothing against the people or the ways of our fathers, I was given, a prisoner from Jerusalem, into the hands of the Romans.

Ephesians 3:1

For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles,

Ephesians 4:1

I then, the prisoner in the Lord, make this request from my heart, that you will see that your behaviour is a credit to the position which God's purpose has given you,

Ephesians 6:20

For which I am a representative in chains, and that I may say without fear the things which it is right for me to say.

Philippians 1:13

So that it became clear through all the Praetorium, and to all the rest, that I was a prisoner on account of Christ;

Colossians 4:18

I, Paul, give you this word of love in my handwriting. Keep in memory that I am a prisoner. Grace be with you.

2 Timothy 1:10

But has now been made clear by the revelation of our Saviour Christ Jesus, who put an end to death and made life unending come to light through the good news,

2 Timothy 2:9

In which I put up with the hardest conditions, even prison chains, like one who has done a crime; but the word of God is not in chains.

Philemon 1:10

My request is for my child Onesimus, the child of my chains,

Philemon 1:13

Though my desire was to keep him with me, to be my servant in the chains of the good news, in your place: