Acts 28:17-22

17 After three days Paul called together those who were ¹the leading men of the Jews, and when they came together, he began saying to them, "²Brethren *, ³though I had done nothing against our people or ⁴the customs of our fathers, yet I was delivered as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.

18 "And when they had ⁵examined me, they ⁶were willing to release me because there was ⁷no ground for putting me to death.

19 "But when the Jews objected, I was forced to ⁸appeal to Caesar, not that I had any accusation against my nation.

20 "For this reason, therefore, I requested to see you and to speak with you, for I am wearing ⁹this chain for ¹⁰the sake of the hope of Israel."

21 They said to him, "We have neither received letters from Judea concerning you, nor have any of ¹¹the brethren come here and reported or spoken anything bad about you.

22 "But we desire to hear from you what your views are; for concerning this ¹²sect, it is known to us that ¹³it is spoken against everywhere."

Cross References

• 1. Acts 13:50; Acts 25:2
• 2. Acts 22:5
• 3. Acts 25:8
• 4. Acts 6:14
• 5. Acts 22:24
• 6. Acts 26:32
• 7. Acts 23:29; Acts 25:25; Acts 26:31
• 8. Acts 25:11, 21, 25; Acts 26:32
• 9. Acts 21:33
• 10. Acts 26:6
• 11. Acts 3:17; Acts 22:5; Acts 28:14; Romans 9:3
• 12. Acts 24:14
• 13. 1 Peter 2:12; 1 Peter 3:16; 1 Peter 4:14, 16

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "he"
• [b]. Or "forefathers"
• [c]. Lit "of death in me"
• [d]. Lit "spoke against"
• [e]. Or "invited you to see me and speak with me"
• [f]. Lit "you think"