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Act 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

this cause		Act 28:17; Act 10:29,33
for the		Act 23:6; Act 24:15; Act 26:6,7
this chain		"That is, the chain with which he was bound to the ""soldier that kept him;"" (Act 28:16;) a mode of custody which Dr. Lardner has shown was in use among the Romans. It is in exact conformity, therefore, with the truth of St. Paul's situation at this time, that he declares himself to be ""an ambassador in a chain,"" [en halusis Act 26:29; Eph 3:1; Eph 4:1; Eph 6:20; Phl 1:13; Col 4:18; 2Ti 1:10; 2Ti 2:9; Phm 1:10,13"

Correlating Passages

this cause

	Act 28:17	And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said unto them, Men [and] brethren, though I have committed nothing against the people, or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.
	Act 10:29	Therefore came I [unto you] without gainsaying, as soon as I was sent for: I ask therefore for what intent ye have sent for me?
	Act 10:33	Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee of God.

for the

	Act 23:6	But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men [and] brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.
	Act 24:15	And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.
	Act 26:6	And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers:
	Act 26:7	Unto which [promise] our twelve tribes, instantly serving [God] day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.

this chain

	Act 28:16	And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard: but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself with a soldier that kept him.
	Act 26:29	And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.
	Eph 3:1	For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
	Eph 4:1	I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
	Eph 6:20	For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
	Phl 1:13	So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other [places];
	Col 4:18	The salutation by the hand of me Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace [be] with you. Amen. [[[Written from Rome to Colossians by Tychicus and Onesimus.]]]
	2Ti 1:10	But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:
	2Ti 2:9	Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, [even] unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.
	Phm 1:10	I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds:
	Phm 1:13	Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel:

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Scott, Thomas. "Acts 28:20," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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