Acts 28:19-21

Contemporary English Version

^19 (A) The Jewish leaders disagreed, so I asked to be tried by the Emperor.

But I don't have anything to say against my own nation. ²⁰ I am bound by these chains because of what we people of Israel hope for. This is why I have called you here to talk about this hope of ours.

²¹ The leaders replied, “No one from Judea has written us a letter about you. And not one of them has come here to report on you or to say anything against you.