King James Version
Acts 28:20 in the King James Version says “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...” — study this verse from Acts chapter 28 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“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.”
Acts 28:20 · KJV
Who, when they had examined me, would have let me go, because there was no cause of death in me.
But when the Jews spake against it, I was constrained to appeal unto Caesar; not that I had ought to accuse my nation of.
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.
And they said unto him, We neither received letters out of Judaea concerning thee, neither any of the brethren that came shewed or spake any harm of thee.
But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, we know that every where it is spoken against.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“cause”
G156a cause (as if asked for), i.e., (logical) reason (motive, matter), (legal) crime (alleged or proved)
“have I called”
G3870to call near, i.e., invite, invoke (by imploration, hortation or consolation)
“to see”
G1492used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent g3700 and g3708; properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by impl
“you and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“for”
G1063properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)
“of Israel”
G2474israel (i.e., jisrael), the adopted name of jacob, including his descendants (literally or figuratively)
“I am bound with”
G4029to lie all around, i.e., inclose, encircle, hamper (literally or figuratively)
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