Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
For this cause . . . have I called for you . . . because . . . for the hope of Israel—(See on Acts 26:6-7).
I am bound with this chain—"This cause is not so much mine as yours; it is the nation's cause; all that is dear to the heart and hope of Israel is bound up with this case of mine." From the touching allusions which the apostle makes to his chains, before Agrippa first, and here before the leading members of the Jewish community at Rome, at his first interview with them, one would gather that his great soul felt keenly his being in such a condition; and it is to this keenness of feeling, under the control of Christian principle, that we owe the noble use which he made of it in these two cases.
Paul called the chief of the Jews together—Though banished from the capital by Claudius, the Jews enjoyed the full benefit of the toleration which distinguished the first period of Nero's reign, and were at this time in considerable numbers, wealth, and influence settled at Rome. We have seen that long before this a flourishing Christian Church existed at Rome, to which Paul wrote his Epistle (see on Acts 20:3), and the first members of which were probably Jewish converts and proselytes. (See Introduction to Romans.)
yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans—the Roman authorities, Felix and Festus.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Acts 28:20:
Acts 26:6-7
Ephesians 1:12
Ephesians 6:20
Philippians 1:7
Philippians 1:13
1 Timothy 3:14
2 Timothy 1:3
Titus 1:2
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