Verse Comparison: Acts 28:20
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified® Bible
This is the reason therefore why I have begged to see you and to talk with you, since it is because of the Hope of Israel (the Messiah) that I am bound with this chain.
Contemporary English Version
I am bound by these chains because of what we people of Israel hope for. That's why I have called you here to talk about this hope of ours.
Darby English Version
For this cause therefore I have called you to [me] to see and to speak to you; for on account of the hope of Israel I have this chain about me.
Good News Bible
That is why I asked to see you and talk with you. As a matter of fact, I am bound in chains like this for the sake of him for whom the people of Israel hope."
International Standard Version
That's why I asked to see you and speak with you, since it is for the hope of Israel that I'm wearing this chain."
King James Version
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.
New American Standard Bible
"For this reason, therefore, I requested to see you and to speak with you, for I am wearing this chain for the sake of the hope of Israel."
New International Version
For this reason I have asked to see you and talk with you. It is because of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain."
New King James Version
For this reason therefore I have called for you, to see you and speak with you , because for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.”
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"For this reason, therefore, I requested to see you and to speak with you, for I wear this chain for the sake of the hope of Israel."
Young's Literal Translation
for this cause, therefore, I called for you to see and to speak with `you', for because of the hope of Israel with this chain I am bound.'
