Acts 28:16-18

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¹⁶ When we arrived in Rome, Paul was allowed to lodge privately. He had a soldier to guard him.

¹⁷ After three days, Paul called together the leading men of the Jews. When they arrived, he began to speak.

“My brothers,” he said, “I have done nothing against our people or our ancestral customs. Yet I was made a prisoner in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans. ¹⁸ The Romans put me on trial and wanted to let me go, because they couldn’t find me guilty of any capital crime.