Acts 28:17-22 Three days later, he called the leading Jews together, and when they met he said to them, "Brothers, although I have done nothing against the People or our ancestral customs, I was handed over to the Romans as a prisoner from Jerusalem.

Moffatt⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁷ Three days later, he called the leading Jews together, and when they met he said to them, "Brothers, although I have done nothing against the People or our ancestral customs, I was handed over to the Romans as a prisoner from Jerusalem. ¹⁸ They meant to release me after examination, as I was innocent of any crime that deserved death. ¹⁹ But the Jews objected, and so I was obliged to appeal to Caesar — not that I had any charge to bring against my own nation. ²⁰ This is my reason for asking to see you and have a word with you. I am wearing this chain because I share Israel's hope." ²¹ They replied, "We have had no letters about you from Judaea, and no brother has come here with any bad report or story about you. ²² We think it only right to let you tell your own story; but as regards this sect, we are well aware that there are objections to it on all hands."