Acts 28:16-21

¹⁶And when we had come to Rome, Paul was permitted to dwell by himself, with the soldier that guarded him.

¹⁷And it came to pass that after three days he called together the chief men of the Jews, and when they had met he said to them, Brethren, I, though I had done nothing against the people, or the customs of our fathers, was delivered up a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans;

¹⁸who, when they had examined me, wished to release me, because I had done nothing deserving death.

¹⁹But when the Jews spoke against it, I was constrained to appeal to Caesar; not that I had any charge to bring against my nation.

²⁰For this reason therefore I have called for you, to see you and speak to you; for it is on account of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain.

²¹And they said to him, We neither received letters from Judea concerning thee, nor did any one of the brethren that came report or speak any evil of thee.