Acts 28:20

First Nations Version

“It is for this very reason that I have asked to see and speak with you, for I wear these chains because I have the same hope held by all the tribes of Wrestles with Creator (Israel).” Small Man (Paul) then stopped speaking, looked calmly into their faces, and waited for them to reply.

Cross References

2 Timothy 2:9

It has taken me down a troubled path, one that includes being put in chains as an outlaw. But Creator’s message can never be locked up.

Ephesians 6:20

This is the reason I now represent the Great Spirit as a captive in chains. Pray that I will speak with boldness and not hold back.

Philippians 1:13

So now the soldiers who guard the lodge of the People of Iron (Romans) and all the other people here know that I am in chains because I follow the Chosen One.

Acts 26:29

“I pray to the Great Spirit that, whether in a short time or long, all who hear me today would become as I am—except for these chains.”

Ephesians 4:1

Because I walk the road with our Honored Chief, I have been made a prisoner. I now call on you to join me in representing him in a good way as you follow the path he has chosen for you.

Ephesians 3:1

Because I, Small Man (Paul), follow the Chosen One and represent you Nations in this way, I have been arrested and put in chains.

Acts 24:15

This gives me the same hope in Creator that my accusers have. That all who have died, both those who do good and those who do bad, will rise to life again.

Acts 23:6

Small Man (Paul), knowing that both the Upright Ones (Sadducees) and the Separated Ones (Pharisees) sat on the Grand Council, said to them, “My fellow Tribal Members, I am a Separated One (Pharisee). It is because of my hope that the dead will rise to life again that I am on trial here today.”

Acts 21:33

The head soldier arrested him and had him bound with two chains of iron. He then asked the crowd who this man was and what he had done.

Philemon 1:10

I call on you for the sake of He Is Helpful (Onesimus) my spiritual child, to whom I have become a spiritual father while in prison.

Acts 10:33

“I sent for you right away, and I thank you for coming. So we have all gathered here, in the sight of the Great Spirit, to hear what Creator has instructed you to tell us.”

Philemon 1:13

I would have liked to keep him here with me, so that while I am in prison for telling the good story he would take your place in serving me.

2 Timothy 1:10

But now that the Chosen One has appeared, his purpose has been made clear. For he has defeated death and has, through the good story, brought into the light the kind of life that will never again taste death.

Colossians 4:18

I, Small Man (Paul), write this greeting with my own hand. Remember me in my chains! May the gift of Creator’s great kindness rest on you. Aho! May it be so!

Acts 28:17

Three days later Small Man (Paul) asked to meet with the local tribal leaders. When they had gathered together, he told them the story of what had happened to him. He stood there in chains under the guard of a soldier of the People of Iron (Romans). Yet he spoke with dignity as he faced the leaders of his own people. “Fellow Tribal Members,” he said to them, “I have done nothing against our people or the traditions of our ancestors, but even so I was arrested in Village of Peace (Jerusalem) and handed over to the People of Iron (Romans).

Acts 10:29

So when I was asked to come here, I did not hesitate to come. So tell me, why have you sent for me?”