Act 28:20 | RWP | e4.org | Did I intreat ( παρεκαλεσα ). Did I invite you. Because of the hope of Israel ( εινεκεν της ελπιδος του Ισραελ ). Genitive with preposition εινεκεν . The hope of the Messiah is his point as in . I am bound with this chain ( την αλυσιν ταυτην περικειμα ). This old verb means to lie around as in ; . But it is also used as the passive of περιτιθημ , to place around with the accusative of περιτιθημ 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).

‏ Acts 28:20

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

Because of the hope of Israel ( εινεκεν της ελπιδος του Ισραελ ). Genitive with preposition εινεκεν. The hope of the Messiah is his point as in 26:6.

I am bound with this chain ( την αλυσιν ταυτην περικειμα ). This old verb means to lie around as in Lu 17:2; Heb 12:1. But it is also used as the passive of περιτιθημ, to place around with the accusative of περιτιθημ 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).