Acts 28:17
And it came to pass after three days that Paul called together those who were prominent among the Jews; and when they had come together, he said to them: “Men, brothers, though I have done nothing against the people or the customs of our forefathers, yet I was handed over as a prisoner from Jerusalem, into the hands of the Romans,
English Majority Text (NT)
In The King James Version
In Context
18who, when they had examined me, were wanting to release me because there was no cause for my case.
Cross References
Acts 6:14for we have heard him say that this Nazarene, Jesus, will destroy this place and change the customs which Moses handed down to us.”
Acts 22:5as also the high priest testifies of me, along with the council of the elders, from whom I also received letters to the brothers, and went to Damascus in order to bring those who were there, having been bound, to Jerusalem, that they might be punished.
Acts 23:33When they entered into Caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor, they also presented Paul to him.
Acts 25:2And the high priest and the prominent men of the Jews made known to him the case against Paul; and they were appealing to him,
Acts 25:10But Paul said, “I am standing before the judicial bench of Caesar, by whom it is necessary for me to be judged. I have done no wrong to the Jews, as also you know very well.
Matthew Henry on Acts 28:12-17
Paul at Rome. 11 And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux. 12 And landing at Syracuse, we tarried there three days. 13 And from thence we fetched a compass, and came to Rhegium: and after one day the south wind blew, and we came the next day to Puteoli: 14 Where we found brethren, and were desired to tarry with them seven days: and so we went toward Rome. 15 And from thence, when the brethren heard of us, they came to meet us as… Read the whole commentary →