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17 Three days later Paul called a meeting of the Jewish leaders. So they came. Paul said to them, "My brothers, I have done nothing against our people. I have also done nothing against what our people of long ago practiced. But I was arrested in Jerusalem. I was handed over to the Romans.
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17 Three days later he called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had assembled, Paul said to them: "My brothers, although I have done nothing against our people or against the customs of our ancestors, I was arrested in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans.
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18 "They questioned me. And they wanted to let me go. They saw I wasn't guilty of any crime worthy of death.
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18 They examined me and wanted to release me, because I was not guilty of any crime deserving death.
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19 But the Jews objected. So I had to make an appeal to Caesar. "It wasn't that I had anything against my own people.
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19 But when the Jews objected, I was compelled to appeal to Caesar--not that I had any charge to bring against my own people.
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20 I share Israel's hope. That is why I am held with this chain. So I have asked to see you and talk with you."
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20 For this reason I have asked to see you and talk with you. It is because of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain."
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21 They replied, "We have not received any letters from Judea about you. None of our companions who came from there has reported or said anything bad about you.
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21 They replied, "We have not received any letters from Judea concerning you, and none of the brothers who have come from there has reported or said anything bad about you.
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22 But we want to hear what your ideas are. We know that people everywhere are talking against those who believe as you do."
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22 But we want to hear what your views are, for we know that people everywhere are talking against this sect."
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