Acts 28:20

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And so, because of this, I requested to see you and to speak to you. For it is because of the hope of Israel that I am encircled with this chain."

Cross References

Jeremiah 40:1

The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, after Nebuzaradan, the leader of the military, had released him from Ramah, where he had taken him, bound in chains, along with all those who were being carried away from Jerusalem and from Judah, and were being led to Babylon.

Acts 10:29

Because of this and without doubt, I came when summoned. Therefore, I ask you, for what reason have you summoned me?"

Acts 10:33

And so, I promptly sent for you. And you have done well in coming here. Therefore, all of us are now present in your sight to hear all the things that were taught to you by the Lord."

Acts 21:33

Then the tribune, drawing near, apprehended him and ordered that he be bound with two chains. And he was asking who he was and what he had done.

Acts 23:6

Now Paul, knowing that one group were Sadducees and the other were Pharisees, exclaimed in the council: "Noble brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of Pharisees! It is over the hope and resurrection of the dead that I am being judged."

Acts 24:15

having a hope in God, which these others themselves also expect, that there will be a future resurrection of the just and the unjust.

Acts 26:29

And Paul said, "I hope to God that, both to a small extent and to a great extent, not only you, but also all those who hear me this day will become just as I also am, except for these chains."

Acts 28:17

And after the third day, he called together the leaders of the Jews. And when they had convened, he said to them: "Noble brothers, I have done nothing against the people, nor against the customs of the fathers, yet I was delivered as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.

Ephesians 3:1

By reason of this grace, I, Paul, am a prisoner of Jesus Christ, for the sake of you Gentiles.

Ephesians 4:1

And so, as a prisoner in the Lord, I beg you to walk in a manner worthy of the vocation to which you have been called:

Ephesians 6:20

in such a manner that I may dare to speak exactly as I ought to speak. For I act as an ambassador in chains for the Gospel.

Philippians 1:13

in such a way that my chains have become manifest in Christ in every place of judgment and in all other such places.

Colossians 4:18

The greeting of Paul by my own hand. Remember my chains. May grace be with you. Amen.

2 Timothy 1:10

And this has now been made manifest by the illumination of our Savior Jesus Christ, who certainly has destroyed death, and who has also illuminated life and incorruption through the Gospel.

2 Timothy 2:9

I labor in this Gospel, even while chained like an evildoer. But the Word of God is not bound.

Philemon 1:10

I beg you, on behalf of my son, whom I have begotten in my chains, Onesimus.

Philemon 1:13

I myself wanted to retain him with me, so that he might minister to me, on your behalf, while I am in the chains of the Gospel.