Acts 28:19
But when the Jews spoke against it, I was compelled to appeal Caesar, not as having anything to accuse my nation.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
18who, after examining me, wanted to release me, because there was not one cause of death in me.
Cross References
Acts 25:10But Paul said, I am standing at the judgment seat of Caesar, where I ought to be judged. I did nothing wrong Jewish, as thou also very well know.
Acts 25:25But I, having understood him to have done nothing worthy of death, and also him, this man, having appealed Augustus I decided to send him.
Romans 12:19not avenging yourselves, beloved, but give place to wrath, for it is written, Vengeance is for me, I will repay, says Lord.
Matthew Henry on Acts 28:18-23
Paul at Rome. 17 And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief 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. 18 Who, when they had examined me, would have let me go, because there was no cause of death in me. 19 But when the Jews spake against it, I was constrained to appeal unto Cæsar; not that I… Read the whole commentary →