Acts 28:20
So for this reason I have called to see you and speak with you. It is because of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain.”
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ASV
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.
KJV
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.
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Commentary
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20 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| διὰ | dia | For | G1223 → |
| ταύτην | tautēn | this | G3778 → |
| οὖν | oun | therefore | G3767 → |
| τὴν | tēn | <the> | G3588 → |
| αἰτίαν | aitian | cause | G156 → |
| παρεκάλεσα | parekalesa | I have called | G3870 → |
| ὑμᾶς | humas | you | G4771 → |
| ἰδεῖν | idein | to see | G1492 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| προσλαλῆσαι· | proslalēsai | to speak to [you]; | G4354 → |
| ἕνεκεν | heneken | because of | G1752 → |
| γὰρ | gar | for | G1063 → |
| τῆς | tēs | the | G3588 → |
| ἐλπίδος | elpidos | hope | G1680 → |
| τοῦ | tou | <the> | G3588 → |
| Ἰσραὴλ | Israēl | of Israel | G2474 → |
| τὴν | tēn | <the> | G3588 → |
| ἅλυσιν | halusin | chain | G254 → |
| ταύτην | tautēn | this | G3778 → |
| περίκειμαι. | perikeimai | I have around [me]. | G4029 → |
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