Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 28:19

19 Wúnaì Yóutaìrén bú fù , wǒ bùdé jǐ , zhǐhǎo shàng gào yú Gāisǎ . bìng méiyǒu shénme shì , yào kònggào wǒ bĕn guó de bǎixìng .

Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 28:19 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 28:19

But when the Jews spake against it
His being cleared and dismissed, and desired he might be sent back to Jerusalem, to be tried and judged there, to which Festus seemed inclined:

I was constrained to appeal to Caesar;
to prevent the design of the Jews upon him, which was to way lay him and kill him, or by what ways they could, right or wrong, take away his life; and to provide for his own safety:

not that I had ought to accuse my nation of;
meaning, that he had no ill design in this appeal against his country, to expose them, and bring them under reproach and censure, but to vindicate himself, defend his own innocence, and preserve his character and life; suggesting, that what he did was not of choice, but by constraint, and with reluctance; being no friend to Heathen tribunals, nor any enemy to the Jewish nation.

Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 28:19 In-Context

17 Guò le sān tiān , Bǎoluó qǐng Yóutaìrén de shǒulǐng lái . tāmen lái le , jiù duì tāmen shuō , dìxiōng men , wǒ suī méiyǒu zuò shénme shì gānfàn bĕn guó de bǎixìng , hé wǒmen zǔzong de guī tiaó , què beì suǒ bǎng , cóng Yēlùsǎlĕng jiĕ zaì Luómǎ rén de shǒu lǐ .

18 Tāmen shĕnwèn le wǒ , jiù yuànyì shìfàng wǒ . yīnwei zaì wǒ shēnshang , bìng méiyǒu gāisǐ de zuì .

19 Wúnaì Yóutaìrén bú fù , wǒ bùdé jǐ , zhǐhǎo shàng gào yú Gāisǎ . bìng méiyǒu shénme shì , yào kònggào wǒ bĕn guó de bǎixìng .

20 Yīncǐ , wǒ qǐng nǐmen lái jiànmiàn shuōhuà . wǒ yuán wèi Yǐsèliè rén suǒ zhǐwang de , beì zhè liànzi kúnsuǒ .

21 Tāmen shuō , wǒmen bìng méiyǒu jiē zhe cóng Yóutaì lái lún nǐde xìn , yĕ méiyǒu dìxiōng dào zhèlǐ lái , bàoxìn gĕi wǒmen shuō , nǐ yǒu shénme bú hǎo chù .