Acts 28:20
Acts · New Testament · Chapter 28
“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
What Does Acts 28:20 Mean?
Acts 28:20 is found in the book of Acts, chapter 28, verse 20 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Acts 28:20 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Acts 26:6“And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers:”Ephesians 6:20“For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.”2 Timothy 1:16“The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain:”2 Timothy 2:9“Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.”Acts 21:33“Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done.”Acts 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.”Acts 24:21“Except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among them, Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called in question by you this day.”Acts 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.”Ephesians 2:12“That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:”Philippians 1:13“So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places;”Jeremiah 14:8“O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?”Jeremiah 40:1“The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him being bound in chains among all that were carried away captive of Jerusalem and Judah, which were carried away captive unto Babylon.”Acts 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.”Ephesians 3:1“For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,”Ephesians 4:1“I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,”Jeremiah 17:13“O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.”Matthew 27:2“And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor.”Acts 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.”Acts 12:6“And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison.”Acts 21:11“And when he was come unto us, he took Paul’s girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.”
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