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|Atos 28:16|
When we got to Rome, Paul was allowed to live by himself, with a soldier to guard him.
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17
|Atos 28:17|
Three days later he called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had assembled, Paul said to them: “My brothers, although I have done nothing against our people or against the customs of our ancestors, I was arrested in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans.
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|Atos 28:18|
They examined me and wanted to release me, because I was not guilty of any crime deserving death.
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|Atos 28:19|
But when the Jews objected, I was compelled to appeal to Caesar — not that I had any charge to bring against my own people.
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|Atos 28:20|
For this reason I have asked to see you and talk with you. It is because of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain.”
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|Atos 28:21|
They replied, “We have not received any letters from Judea concerning you, and none of the brothers who have come from there has reported or said anything bad about you.
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|Atos 28:22|
But we want to hear what your views are, for we know that people everywhere are talking against this sect.”
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|Atos 28:23|
They arranged to meet Paul on a certain day, and came in even larger numbers to the place where he was staying. From morning till evening he explained and declared to them the kingdom of God and tried to convince them about Jesus from the Law of Moses and from the Prophets.
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|Atos 28:24|
Some were convinced by what he said, but others would not believe.
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|Atos 28:25|
They disagreed among themselves and began to leave after Paul had made this final statement: “The Holy Spirit spoke the truth to your forefathers when he said through Isaiah the prophet:
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