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Acts 28:17

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After three days Paul invited the most influential Jews in Rome to meet with him. When they assembled, he said to them, “Brothers, I haven’t done anything against the Jewish people or violated the customs handed down by our ancestors. Yet, I’m a prisoner from Jerusalem, and I’ve been handed over to the Roman authorities.

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I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I’ve done nothing to deserve being put in this prison.”

But Jews stirred up devout women of high social standing and the officials of the city. These people started to persecute Paul and Barnabas and threw them out of their territory.

The chief priest and the entire council of our leaders can prove that I did this. In fact, they even gave me letters to take to the Jewish community in the city of Damascus. I was going there to tie up believers and bring them back to Jerusalem to punish them.

When the soldiers arrived in the city of Caesarea with Paul, they delivered the letter to the governor and handed Paul over to him.

Paul said, “I am standing in the emperor’s court where I must be tried. I haven’t done anything wrong to the Jews, as you know very well.

The chief priests and the other important Jewish leaders informed Festus about their charges against Paul. They were urging

Paul defended himself by saying, “I haven’t broken any Jewish law or done anything against the temple or the emperor.”

We heard him say that Jesus from Nazareth will destroy the temple and change the customs that Moses gave us.”




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