Acts 28:20

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20 G1223 PREP δια G3778 D-ASF ταυτην G3767 CONJ ουν G3588 T-ASF την G156 N-ASF αιτιαν G3870 (G5656) V-AAI-1S παρεκαλεσα G5209 P-2AP υμας G1492 (G5629) V-2AAN ιδειν G2532 CONJ και G4354 (G5658) V-AAN προσλαλησαι G1752 ADV ενεκεν G1063 CONJ γαρ G3588 T-GSF της G1680 N-GSF ελπιδος G3588 T-GSM του G2474 N-PRI ισραηλ G3588 T-ASF την G254 N-ASF αλυσιν G3778 D-ASF ταυτην G4029 (G5736) V-PNI-1S περικειμαι

20 G1223 For G5026 this G156 cause G3767 therefore G3870 have I called [G5656] G5209 for you G1492 , to see [G5629] G2532 you, and G4354 to speak with [G5658] G1752 you : because that G1063 for G1680 the hope G2474 of Israel G4029 I am bound with [G5736] G5026 this G254 chain.

ERV⁽ⁱ⁾ ²⁰ 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.

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this cause.
Acts 28:17; Acts 10:29; Acts 10:33
for the.
Acts 23:6; Acts 24:15; Acts 26:6; Acts 26:7
this chain.That is, the chain with which he was bound to the "soldier that kept him;" (ver. 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,] (Eph 6:20;) and the exactness is the more remarkable, as [halusis,] a chain is no where used in the singular number to express any other kind of custody.
Acts 26:29; Ephesians 3:1; Ephesians 4:1; Ephesians 6:20; Philippians 1:13; Colossians 4:18; 2 Timothy 1:10; 2 Timothy 2:9
Philemon 1:10; Philemon 1:13