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Acts 28:20

Did I intreat (parekalesa). Did I invite you.

Because of the hope of Israel (eineken thv elpidov tou Israel). Genitive with preposition eineken. The hope of the Messiah is his point as in Acts 26:6.

I am bound with this chain (thn alusin tauthn perikeimai). This old verb means to lie around as in Luke 17:2; Hebrews 12:1. But it is also used as the passive of peritiqhmi, to place around with the accusative of peritiqhmi retained. It is a transitive passive. Paul does not lie around the chain, but the chain lies around him, a curious reversal of the imagery (Robertson, Grammar, p. 815).

Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Acts 28:20:

Acts 13:43
Acts 28:22
Acts 28:23
2 Timothy 1:6
Hebrews 5:2

 

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