Acts 28:20

New American Bible - revised edition

This is the reason, then, I have requested to see you and to speak with you, for it is on account of the hope of Israel that I wear these chains.”

Cross References

Jeremiah 40:1

The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, after Nebuzaradan, captain of the bodyguard, had released him in Ramah, where he found him a prisoner in chains among the captives of Jerusalem and Judah being exiled to Babylon.

Acts 10:29

And that is why I came without objection when sent for. May I ask, then, why you summoned me?”

Acts 10:33

So I sent for you immediately, and you were kind enough to come. Now therefore we are all here in the presence of God to listen to all that you have been commanded by the Lord.” Peter’s Speech.

Acts 21:33

The cohort commander came forward, arrested him, and ordered him to be secured with two chains; he tried to find out who he might be and what he had done.

Acts 23:6

Paul was aware that some were Sadducees and some Pharisees, so he called out before the Sanhedrin, “My brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of Pharisees; [I] am on trial for hope in the resurrection of the dead.”

Acts 24:15

I have the same hope in God as they themselves have that there will be a resurrection of the righteous and the unrighteous.

Acts 26:29

Paul replied, “I would pray to God that sooner or later not only you but all who listen to me today might become as I am except for these chains.”

Acts 28:17

Three days later he called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had gathered he said to them, “My brothers, although I had done nothing against our people or our ancestral customs, I was handed over to the Romans as a prisoner from Jerusalem.

Ephesians 3:1

Because of this, I, Paul, a prisoner of Christ [Jesus] for you Gentiles—

Ephesians 4:1

I, then, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to live in a manner worthy of the call you have received,

Ephesians 6:20

for which I am an ambassador in chains, so that I may have the courage to speak as I must. A Final Message.

Philippians 1:13

so that my imprisonment has become well known in Christ throughout the whole praetorium and to all the rest,

Colossians 4:18

The greeting is in my own hand, Paul’s. Remember my chains. Grace be with you.

2 Timothy 1:10

but now made manifest through the appearance of our savior Christ Jesus, who destroyed death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,

2 Timothy 2:9

for which I am suffering, even to the point of chains, like a criminal. But the word of God is not chained.

Philemon 1:10

I urge you on behalf of my child Onesimus, whose father I have become in my imprisonment,

Philemon 1:13

I should have liked to retain him for myself, so that he might serve me on your behalf in my imprisonment for the gospel,