Acts 28:20 Cross References - Twentieth_Century

²⁰ This, then, is my reason for urging you to come to see me and talk with me; because it is for the sake of the Hope of Israel that I am here in chains."

²⁹ That was why I came, when I was sent for, without raising any objection. And now I ask your reason for sending for me."

³³ Accordingly I sent to you at once, and you have been so good as to come. And now we are all here in the presence of God, to listen to all that you have been instructed by the Lord to say."

³³ Then he went up to Paul, arrested him, ordered him to be doubly chained, and proceeded to inquire who he was, and what he had been doing.

⁶ Noticing that some of those present were Sadducees and others Pharisees, Paul called out in the Council: "Brothers, I am a Pharisee and a son of Pharisees. It is on the question of hope for the dead and of their resurrection that I am on my trial."

¹⁵ And I have a hope that rests in God--a hope which they also cherish--that there will one day be a resurrection of good and bad alike.

⁶ Even now, it is because of my hope in the promise given by God to our ancestors that I stand here on my trial-- ⁷ A promise which our Twelve Tribes, by earnest service night and day, hope to see fulfilled. It is for this hope, your Majesty, that I am accused--and by Jews themselves!

²⁹ "Whether it is soon or late," answered Paul, "I would to God that not only you, but all who are listening to me, might to-day become just what I am myself--except for these chains!"

¹⁷ Three days after our arrival, Paul invited the leading Jews to meet him; and, when they came, he spoke to them as follows: "Brothers, although I had done nothing hostile to the interests of our nation or to our ancestral customs, yet I was sent from Jerusalem as a prisoner, and handed over to the Romans.

¹ For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Jesus, the Christ, for the sake of you Gentiles--

¹ I urge you, then--I who am a prisoner in the Master's cause-- to live lives worthy of the Call that you have received;

²⁰ On behalf of which I am an Ambassador--in chains! Pray that, in telling it, I may speak fearlessly as I ought.

¹³ It has even become evident, not only to all the Imperial Guard, but to every one else, that it is for Christ's sake that I am in chains.

¹⁸ I, Paul, add this greeting in my own handwriting. Remember these chains of mine. God's blessing be with you.

¹⁰ and has now been made apparent through the Appearing of our Saviour, Christ Jesus; who has made an end of Death, and has brought Life and Immortality to light by that Good News,

⁹ in the service of which I am suffering hardships, even to being put in fetters as a criminal. But the Message of God is not fettered;

¹⁰ I plead with you for this Child of mine, Onesimus, to whom, in my parson, I have become a Father.

¹³ For my own sake I should like to keep him with me, so that, while I am in prison for the Good News, he might attend to my wants on your behalf.