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And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the principals of the Jews together, and when they were come together, he said unto them, Men
and brethren, though I have committed nothing against the people or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans,
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who, when they had examined me, would have let
me go because there was no cause of death in me.
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But when the Jews spoke against
it, I was constrained to appeal unto Caesar, not that I had anything to accuse my nation of.
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For this cause therefore I have called for you, to see
you and to speak with
you: because for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.