Acts 28:17

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Three days after we got there, Paul called together some of the Jewish leaders and said: My friends, I have never done anything to hurt our people, and I have never gone against the customs of our ancestors. But in Jerusalem I was handed over as a prisoner to the Romans.

Cross References

Genesis 40:15

I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and here in Egypt I haven't done anything to deserve being thrown in jail.

Acts 13:50

But the Jewish leaders went to some of the important men in the town and to some respected women who were religious. They turned them against Paul and Barnabas and started making trouble for them. They even chased them out of that part of the country.

Acts 22:5

The high priest and all the council members can tell you that this is true. They even gave me letters to the Jewish leaders in Damascus, so that I could arrest people there and bring them to Jerusalem to be punished.

Acts 23:33

When they came to Caesarea, they gave the letter to the governor and handed Paul over to him.

Acts 25:10

Paul replied, “I am on trial in the Emperor's court, and that's where I should be tried. You know very well that I have not done anything to harm the Jewish nation.

Acts 25:2

There the chief priests and some Jewish leaders told him about their charges against Paul. They also asked Festus

Acts 25:8

Then Paul spoke in his own defence, “I have not broken the Law of my people. And I have not done anything against either the temple or the Emperor.”

Acts 6:14

We have heard him claim that Jesus from Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses gave us.”