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Acts 28:20

King James Version (KJV)

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Acts 28:20

Verse 20 of 31

Scripture focus

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

Commentary

Commentary on Acts 28:20

Theological / Devotional

I called for you. He could not go to the Jews in their synagogues, or privately, but as his custom was he sought first to establish a basis of understanding with them. Therefore he invited them to come to him (see on v. 17).

The hope of Israel. That is, the expectation of the Messiah. Paul believed Jesus to be the complete fulfillment of this expectation. His faith was the faith held by all Jews. The only problem, and the great one, was the application of that faith to Jesus of Nazareth.

Bound with this chain. It was, actually, his firm belief in Judaism that had occasioned his arrest. He would rather suffer bonds and death than give up the hope of Israel.

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