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And it came to pass after three days, that he called together those who were the chief of the Jews; and when they had come together he said to them, Brethren, *I* having done nothing against the people or the customs of our forefathers, have been delivered a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans,
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who having examined me were minded to let me go, because there was nothing worthy of death in me.
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But the Jews speaking against it, I was compelled to appeal to Caesar, not as having anything to accuse my nation of.
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For this cause therefore I have called you to [me] to see and to speak to you; for on account of the hope of Israel I have this chain about me.