Acts 28:18-20

¹⁸who, when they had examined me, were intending to release me, because I was not guilty of any crime deserving death.

¹⁹But when the Jews spoke against it, I was compelled to appeal to Caesar; not that I had anything about which to accuse my nation.

²⁰For this reason therefore I asked to see you and speak with you; it is because of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain.”