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And it came to pass after three days, Paul called together those who are the principal men of the Jews, and they having come together, he said unto them: `Men, brethren, I -- having done nothing contrary to the people, or to the customs of the fathers -- a prisoner from Jerusalem, was delivered up to the hands of the Romans;
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who, having examined me, were wishing to release [me], because of their being no cause of death in me,
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and the Jews having spoken against [it], I was constrained to appeal unto Caesar -- not as having anything to accuse my nation of;
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for this cause, therefore, I called for you to see and to speak with [you], for because of the hope of Israel with this chain I am bound.'