Acts 28:17-22 And after three days, Paul sent and called the Jewish leaders; and when they were come together, he said to them, Men and my brethren, though I have done nothing against the people and the law of my fathers, yet I was delivered from Jerusalem in bonds into the hands of the Romans,

Lamsa⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁷ And after three days, Paul sent and called the Jewish leaders; and when they were come together, he said to them, Men and my brethren, though I have done nothing against the people and the law of my fathers, yet I was delivered from Jerusalem in bonds into the hands of the Romans, ¹⁸ Who, when they had examined me, would have released me, because they found in me no cause worthy of death. ¹⁹ But as the Jews stood against me I was obliged to appeal to Cµsar; not that I had anything of which to accuse my own people. ²⁰ This is the reason I begged you to come, for I wish to see you and to relate these things to you; because it is for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain. ²¹ And they said to him, We have neither received a letter concerning you from JudµÆa, nor have any of the brethren who have come from Jerusalem made any evil report about you. ²² Nevertheless, we desire to hear what you have to say, but if it is concerning this teaching, we know well that it is not acceptable to any one, and we do not want to hear about it.