Acts 28:20 — compare English translations
Compare translationsActs 28:20 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
διὰ
diá
G1223
through
ταύτην
hoûtos
G3778
this
οὖν
oûn
G3767
therefore
τὴν
ho
G3588
the
αἰτίαν
aitía
G156
cause
παρεκάλεσα
parakaléō
G3870
to call beside
ὑμᾶς
hymeîs
G5210
you
ἰδεῖν
horáō
G3708
to see
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
προσλαλῆσαι
proslaléō
G4354
to speak to
εἵνεκεν
héneka
G1752
for
γὰρ
gár
G1063
for
τῆς
ho
G3588
the
ἐλπίδος
elpís
G1680
hope
τοῦ
ho
G3588
the
Ἰσραὴλ
Israḗl
G2474
Israel
τὴν
ho
G3588
the
ἅλυσιν
hálysis
G254
chain
ταύτην
hoûtos
G3778
this
περίκειμαι
períkeimai
G4029
to lie around
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
For this cause therefore I asked to see you and to speak with you. For because of the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain."
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King James Version Public Domain
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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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Therefore for this reason I summoned you, to see and to speak with you. For on account of the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).