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And from there, when the brethren heard of us, they came to meet us as far as Appii Forum and The Three Taverns whom when Paul saw, he thanked God and took courage.
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And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the praetorian prefect, but Paul was allowed to dwell by himself with a soldier that kept him.
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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.
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And they said unto him, We neither received letters out of Judaea concerning thee, neither any of the brethren that came showed or spoke any harm of thee.
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But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest; for as concerning this sect, we know that everywhere it is spoken against.
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And when they had appointed him a day, many came to him into
his lodging, to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, procuring to persuade them of that concerning Jesus, the Christ, out of the law of Moses and
out of the prophets, from morning until evening.
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And some believed the things which were spoken, and some did not believe.
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And when they did not agree among themselves, they departed, after Paul had spoken this word, Well spoke the Holy Spirit by Isaiah the prophet unto our fathers,