Acts 28:19

but the Jews opposing it, I was obliged to appeal to Cesar; though not as having any thing to accuse my nation of.

1770 John Worsley NT

In The King James Version

But when the Jews spake against it, I was constrained to appeal unto Caesar; not that I had ought to accuse my nation of.

In Context

18who when they had examined me, would have set me at liberty, because there was no crime worthy of death found in me:

20For this reason therefore I desired to see and to speak to you: because that for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.

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Cross References

Acts 25:10Then said Paul, I stand at Cesar's tribunal, where I ought to be tried: I have done no wrong to the Jews, as thou very well knowest.

Acts 25:25But when I found that he had done nothing worthy of death, and as he himself has appealed to the emperor, I have determined to send him.

Romans 12:19Avenge not yourselves, my beloved; but rather give place to the wrath of others: for it is written, "Vengeance belongeth to me, I will recompence, saith the 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 →

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