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Three days later Paul sent for the Jewish leaders there. When they came together, he said, "Brothers, I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our ancestors. But I was arrested in Jerusalem and given to the Romans.
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After they asked me many questions, they could find no reason why I should be killed. They wanted to let me go free,
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but the Jewish people there argued against that. So I had to ask to come to Rome to have my trial before Caesar. But I have no charge to bring against my own people.
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That is why I wanted to see you and talk with you. I am bound with this chain because I believe in the hope of Israel."