Acts 28:20
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“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.”
οὖν
Therefore, then, accordingly. Therefore since we have been justified through faith we have peace with God. The therefore of Scripture always builds on something God has already done.
παρακαλέω
I have called
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παρακαλέω
To comfort, to exhort, to encourage. Parakaleo. The God of all comfort who comforts us in all our troubles. He does not just send comfort. He is the God who comforts personally.
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ἐλπίς
hope
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ἐλπίς
Hope, expectation, confidence. Elpis. Hope does not disappoint. Biblical hope is not wishful thinking. It is confident expectation based on the character of God.
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εἴδω
to see
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εἴδω
To know, to see, to perceive. Paul said I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.
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Ἰσραήλ
of Israel
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Ἰσραήλ
Israel (i.e. Jisrael), the adopted name of Jacob, including his descendants (literally or figuratively)
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περίκειμαι
I have around me.
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περίκειμαι
to lie all around, i.e. inclose, encircle, hamper (literally or figuratively)
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διά
For
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διά
through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional)
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προσλαλέω
to speak to you;
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προσλαλέω
to talk to, i.e. converse with
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ἕνεκα
because of
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ἕνεκα
on account of
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