Acts 28:17-19

Living Bible

¹⁷ Three days after his arrival, he called together the local Jewish leaders and spoke to them as follows:

“Brothers, I was arrested by the Jews in Jerusalem and handed over to the Roman government for prosecution, even though I had harmed no one nor violated the customs of our ancestors. ¹⁸ The Romans gave me a trial and wanted to release me, for they found no cause for the death sentence demanded by the Jewish leaders. ¹⁹ But when the Jews protested the decision, I felt it necessary, with no malice against them, to appeal to Caesar.