Acts 28:20

King James Version (KJV)

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.

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18 Who, when they had examined me, would have let me go, because there was no cause of death in me.

19 But when the Jews spake against it, I was constrained to appeal unto Cæsar; not that I had ought to accuse my nation of.

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.

21 And they said unto him, We neither received letters out of Judæa concerning thee, neither any of the brethren that came shewed or spake any harm of thee.

22 But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, we know that every where it is spoken against.

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Acts 28:20 in every translation

KJV King James Version: 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.
WEB World English Bible: For this cause therefore I asked to see you and to speak with you. For because of the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.”
BSB Berean Standard Bible: So for this reason I have called to see you and speak with you. It is because of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain.”
ASV American Standard Version: For this cause therefore did I entreat you to see and to speak with me: for because of the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: for this cause, therefore, I called for you to see and to speak with [you], for because of the hope of Israel with this chain I am bound.'
DBY Darby Translation: For this cause therefore I have called you to [me] to see and to speak to you; for on account of the hope of Israel I have this chain about me.
WBS Webster Bible: 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.